Sodium hydride → HCID 57995497, compound

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Ethyl 2-(5-chloro-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)acetate (0.6 g, 1.36 mmol) was dissolved in anhydrous DMF (30 mL), NaH (60% wt. in paraffin oil, 0.136 g, 3.4 mmol) was added at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min at room temperature and 1,1-bis(bromomethyl)cyclopropane (0.482 g, 1.4 mmol, for preparation see J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 4122-26) was added drop wise at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred an additional 1 h at 0° C. and saturated NH4Cl solution (10 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL) and the combined organic phases were washed with water (3×20 mL) and brine (20 mL), and dried over MgSO4. The volatiles were removed under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography to yield compound ethyl 5-(5-chloro-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl)-spiro[2,3]hexane-5-carboxylate (150 mg) as a low melting solid.

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