Dimethyl Sulfide → 4-(5-Fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)-4-methylpentan-2-one

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To a stirred solution of 2-bromo-4-fluoro anisole (3.24 mL, 25 mmol) in anhydrous THF (40 mL) cooled to −78° C. and maintained under argon was added n-butyl lithium (17.2 mL of 1.6 M solution in hexanes, 27.5 mmol). After stirring at −78° C. for 45 minutes, the reaction mixture was treated with a solution of cuprous iodide in dimethyl sulfide (4.76 g in 15 mL, 25 mmol) and stirred for 15 minutes at −78° C. Then chlorotrimethylsilane (6.4 mL, 50 mmol) was added, followed by a solution of mesityl oxide (2.9 mL, 25 mmol) in anhydrous THF (5 mL). The reaction was stirred at −78° C. to −60° C. for 4 hours and then quenched with a saturated solution of ammonium chloride and extracted with three 50 mL portions of methylene chloride. The combined extracts were washed with three 25 mL portions of water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to give 4-(5-fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)-4-methylpentan-2-one as a light brown liquid (85% yield) which was used in the next reaction without further purification.

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