Trifluoroacetamide → Methyl 3-{4-[S-methyl-N-(trifluoroacetyl)sulfonimidoyl]phenyl}-propanoate

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In a 100 mL round bottom flask, methyl 3-(4-(methylsulfinyl)phenyl)propanoate (0.4 g, 1.77 mmol) was added to CH2Cl2 (18 mL). Subsequently the reaction was treated with MgO (0.285 g, 7.08 mmol), trifluoroacetamide (0.400 g, 3.54 mmol), PhI(OAc)4 (0.884 g, 2.66 mmol), and Rh2(OAc)4 (19.55 mg, 0.0443 mmol). The suspension was stirred overnight then filtered through celite. The filtrate was the concentrated. The resulting residue was purified via column chromatography (silica gel, gradient eluant mixture: 20% EtOAc in hexanes to 100% EtOAc) to give the title compound (0.294 g, 69%).

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