Hydrochloric Acid → (3-Bromo-2-fluorophenyl)(trimethyl)silane

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To a solution of 1-bromo-2-fluorobenzene (2.0 g, 11.42 mmol) and trimethylsilyl chloride (5.79 ml, 45.69 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofurane (30 ml) at −78° C., under nitrogen, lithium diisopropylamide (2 M in hexane, 28 ml, 12.56 mmol) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred for 1 h and then brought to ambient temperature. 10% Hydrochloric acid (100 ml) was added and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 ml). The combined organic phases was dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated to dryness. The oily residue was purified by flash column chromatography (ethyl acetate/isooctane, 1:1) to give the title compound (2.3 g). MS m/z (rel. intensity, 70 eV) 248 (M+, 22), 246 (20), 151 (96), 105 (bp), 75 (64).

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