Potassium Carbonate → 2-Bromo-4-chloro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-benzene

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A mixture of 2-bromo-4-chloro-phenol (2.0 g, 9.6 mmol), trifluoro-methanesulfonic acid 2,2,2-trifluoro-ethyl ester (3.8 g, 16.4 mmol), potassium carbonate (8.0 g, 59 mmol), and N,N-dimethylformaldehyde (80 ml) was heated to 100° C. for 72 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was treated with water (150 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (160 ml). The organic extract was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel eluting with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:4) to give 2-bromo-4-chloro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoro-ethoxy)-benzene (3.0 g, 100% yield). 1H NMR (acetone-d6) δ 4.80 (q, 2H, J=8.4 Hz, CH2), 7.28 (d, 1H, J=8.9 Hz, Ar), 7.45 (dd, 1H, J=8.9 Hz, J=2.5 Hz, Ar), 7.69 (d, 1H, J—2.5 Hz, Ar).

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