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

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Reaction Steps

LiH (1.72 g) is added to a solution of 3′,5′-dichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroacetophenone (26.6 g) and 1-(4-methyl-5-trimethylsilanylethynyl-thiophen-2-yl)-ethanone (18.2 g) in THF (100 ml). After 30 minutes at 60° C. MTBE is added (200 ml) and the reaction mixture is poured onto water (30 ml) at 5° C. The organic phase is extracted with water and a saturated aqueous solution of NaCl, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to yield 3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-hydroxy-1-(4-methyl-5-trimethylsilanylethynyl-thiophen-2-yl)-butan-1-one (20.7 g). The crude product is used without further purification.

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