Water → 1-Chloro-2-ethynyl-3-fluorobenzene

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To a cooled solution of (bromomethyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide (3.3 g, 7.6 mmol) in THF at 0° C. was added potassium tert-butoxide (2.12 g, 18.9 mmol). The reaction was stirred for 30 minutes and a solution of 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzaldehyde (1 g, 6.31 mmol) in THF was added. The reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight and water was added. The solution was extracted with ethyl acetate and the combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (0-10% EtOAc in hexanes) to give 1-chloro-2-ethynyl-3-fluorobenzene (41).

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