Potassium Carbonate → HCID 58046301, compound

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To a solution of 4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol (1.05 g, 5.34 mmol) in DMSO (10 mL) was added potassium carbonate (2.20 g 13.4 mmol, 2.5 eq.) and the suspension was left to stir for 5 minutes after which, ethyl 2,4-difluorobenzoate (1.0 g, 5.34 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture left to stir at 110° C. under nitrogen for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and quenched with 1N NaOH (10 mL) then extracted into ethyl acetate (2×30 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (30 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated. The resulting residue was purified by column chromatography (SiO2, 1:1 ethyl acetate: heptane) to give the desired product (mixture of regioisomers) as a colourless oil (1.8 g, 93% yield). This was taken directly on to the next step.

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