Dimethylformamide → 3-(2-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)-1-fluoroethyl)benzaldehyde

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A solution of (2-(3-bromophenyl)-2-fluoroethoxy)(tert-butyl)dimethylsilane (example 39, step c) (1.8 g) in THF (36 mL) was cooled to −78° C. under an atmosphere of nitrogen and treated with butyllithium (1.8M in hexanes, 3.3 mL), added dropwise over 5 minutes. The solution was stirred at −78° C. for 30 minutes, treated with N,N-dimethylformamide (0.63 mL), stirred at −78° C. for a further 30 minutes, then removed from the cooling bath and allowed to warm to room temperature over 140 minutes. The solution was quenched by the addition of 10% aqueous ammonium chloride, and the resulting mixture was extracted twice with diethyl ether. The combined organic phases were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate and purified by flash chromatography on silica eluted with 50% dichloromethane in isohexane to afford the subtitled compound as a colourless oil. Yield 1.26 g.

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