Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 12132299, compound

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Reaction Steps

A solution of tert-Butyl 4-(4-(2-(2-Fluorophenyl)ethoxy)phenyl)-4-oxobutyrate (Step 2, 1.2 g, 3.2 mmol) in dichloromethane (25 ml) was treated with trifluoroacetic acid (10 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 4 hours and concentrated in vacuo. The purification was done by flash chromatography on silica gel column (chloroform:methanol, 95:5 spiked with acetic acid) to provide the title compound as a white solid.

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