2-Dimethylaminopyridine → 2',3'-difluoro-4'-(5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-nonafluoro-octyloxy)-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid 4-[(R)-1-trifluoromethyl-heptyloxycarbonyl]-phenyl ester

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To a solution of 2′,3′-difluoro-4′-(5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-nonafluoro-octyloxy)-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid (14 A) (1 equi.), (4-hydroxy benzoic acid (R)-1-trifluoromethyl-heptyl ester (7) (1 equi.), and DMAP (dimethylaminopyridine) (0.1 equi.) in THF (25 mL/mmole), DIC (diisopropyl carbodiimide) (1.2 equi.) was added at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred at that temperature for 24 h, quenched with water, extracted with ethyl acetate:hexane(1:1), washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo. Purification by chromatography on silica gel (5% EtOAc/hexanes) gave 2′,3′-difluoro-4′-(5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-nonafluoro-octyloxy)-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid 4-[(R)-1-trifluoromethyl-heptyloxycarbonyl]-phenyl ester (15A) as a white solid (65%).

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