Eicosanoic acid, 3-oxo-, ethyl ester → 6,8-Difluoro-4-heptadecyl-7-hydroxycoumarin

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A mixture of 2,4-difluororesorcinol (Compound 4, 0.15 g, 1.0 mmol) and ethyl stearoylacetate (354 mg, 1.03 mmol) in methanesulfonic acid (4 mL) is stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture is partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The ethyl acetate layer is washed with brine (1×) and dried over sodium sulfate, then concentrated to 0.67 g of a pale brown solid, which is purified by silica gel chromatography to give 49 mg of Compound 30 as a colorless powder: Rf =0.64 (EtOAc/hexanes 3:2). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.12 (dd, 1H), 6.22 (s, 1H), 1.7-0.7 (m, 70H). 19F NMR (CDCl3) Φ 139.8 (t, 1F), 153.5 (d, 1F).

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