tert-Butyl methyl ether → 1-(5-Bromo-4-methyl-thiophen-2-yl)-3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-hydroxy-butan-1-one

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Reaction Steps

LiH (2.06 g) is added to a solution of 3′,5′-dichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroacetophenone (48.0 g) and 1-(5-bromo-4-methyl-thiophen-2-yl)-ethanone (30.3 g) in THF (1000 ml). After 2 hours at 60° C. MTBE is added (300 ml) and the reaction mixture is poured onto water (500 ml) at 0° C. The organic phase is extracted with water and a saturated aqueous solution of NaCl, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to yield 71.2 g of 1-(5-bromo-4-methyl-thiophen-2-yl)-3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-hydroxybutan-1-one. The crude product is used without further purification.

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