Ethyl Acetate → N-(3,4,4-trifluoro 3-butenyl)phthalimide

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Reaction Steps

To 25 g (0.0896 mole) silver tosylate in 100 mL acetonitrile is slowly added 13.2 g (0.07 mole) 4-bromo-1,1,2-trifluoro-1-butene with stirring, at room temperature. The reaction mixture, protected from the light, is then heated and stirred overnight at reflux. After cooling, the precipitate is filtered off, and the solvent removed from the filtrate under vacuum. Ethyl acetate, 100 mL, is added to the residue of the filtrate and then washed three times with water and dried over magnesium sulfate. To this ethyl acetate solution of 3,4,4-trifluoro-3-butene tosylate is added 25 mL DMF and 16.7 g (0.09 mole) potassium phthalimide. This reaction mixture is stirred at reflux for 24 hrs. After cooling, the precipitate is filtered off and washed with ethyl acetate, which is combined with the filtrate, washed once with water, once with 5% NaOH solution, and then three times with water, and lastly, dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent is removed under vacuum to yield 14.45 g N-(3,4,4-trifluoro 3-butenyl)phthalimide as a tan solid.

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