Acetyl chloride → 1-(3-Bromo-2-fluorophenyl)ethan-1-one

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Aluminium trichloride (1.51 g, 11.3 mmol) in dry methylene chloride (10 ml) was cooled to 0° C. and acetyl chloride (0.80 ml, 11.3 mmol) was added in one portion. The mixture was stirred for 15 min. after which a solution of 3-trimethylsilyl-2-fluorobromobenzene (2.33 g, 9.4 mmol) in dry methylene chloride (10 ml) was added dropwise. The mixture was warmed to ambient temperature and stirred for 2 h. The mixture was kept at ambient temperature in a water bath and aqueous sodium carbonate (10%, 50 ml) was added slowly. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 ml) and the combined organic phase was dried MgSO4), filtered and evaporated. Purification by flash chromatography (ethyl acetate/isooctane, 1:1) yielded the title compound (1.7 g). MS m/z (rel. intensity, 70 eV) 218 (M+, 32), 216 (M+, 34), 203 (bp), 201 (97), 94 (61).

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