Sodium Chloride → 1,1,1-Trifluoro-2-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-3-[3-(4-chlorophenoxy)-4-fluorobenzyloxy]prop-2-ene

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A solution of 3-(4-chlorophenoxy)-4-fluorobenzyl alcohol (6.3 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 cm3) was added to a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (1.2 g of a 50% dispersion in oil) in N,N-dimethylformamide. After 30 minutes, this mixture was added to a stirred solution of EZ-1,1,1-trifluoro-2-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-3-chloroprop-2-ene (5 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (25 cm3) at a temperature maintained at -10° C. during the addition. After 45 minutes the reaction mixture was poured into water (150 cm3) and sodium chloride added. The products were extracted into diethyl ether (4×100 cm3), and the combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate and concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by column chromatography on a silica gel support, eluted with n-hexane containing 6% by volume diethyl ether, to give 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-3-[3-(4-chlorophenoxy)-4-fluorobenzyloxy]prop-2-ene (6 g).

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