Sodium hydride → Ethyl 2-(3-bromo-5-chloro-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenyl)-3-cyclopropylpropanoate

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To a suspension of NaH (0.327 g, 60% in paraffin oil, 8.1 mmol) in DMF (100 mL), slowly added a mixture of ethyl 2-(3-bromo-5-chloro-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenyl)acetate (3.0 g, 6.8 mmol) and cyclopropyl methylbromide (0.718 mL, 7.5 mmol) dissolved in DMF (20 mL) at 0° C. for 15 min under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The reaction mixture was allowed stir at 0° C. for 15 min, upon which the mixture was poured onto crushed ice and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water, brine, dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated. The residue was purified by Flash column chromatography to give compound ethyl 2-(3-bromo-5-chloro-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenyl)-3-cyclopropylpropanoate (2.35 g) as a thick syrup.

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