(Trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane → 1-(3-Bromo-4-methylpyridin-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

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Tetrabutylammonium fluoride (1.0 mol/L) in THF (1.2 mL, 1.20 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 3-bromo-4-methyl-pyridine-2-carbaldehyde (150 mg, 0.75 mmol), and (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (2.0 mol/L) in THF (0.49 mL, 0.975 mmol) in THF (10 mL) cooled at −15° C. The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (50 mL) and washed with water (25 mL). The organic layer was separated, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to provide a residue that was purified by flash chromatography (12 g, Silica, 0-30% ethyl acetate in heptane). Desired fractions were combined and evaporated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a white solid (90 mg, 44%), which was used in the next step without further purification.

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