Acetyl chloride → 1-[2-Methoxy-5-(pentafluoroethyl)phenyl]ethanone

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7.4 ml of BuLi at 2.5M in hexane are added, at −70° C., to a solution of 3.5 g of 1-methoxy-4-pentafluoroethylbenzene in 50 ml of anhydrous THF. The medium is stirred for 30 minutes at −70° C. and then for 45 minutes at 0° C. 15.5 ml of a 1M solution of zinc chloride in ether are then added. After stirring for 10 minutes at 0° C., 1.33 ml of acetyl chloride are added. The medium is then deoxygenated with nitrogen and 332 mg of benzyl(chloro)bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium in 5 ml of anhydrous THF are introduced. The medium is stirred for 2 hours 30 minutes at 0° C. and then for 72 hours at RT. The medium is poured onto 2.5M HCl solution and then extracted with ether. The organic phase is washed with 5% NaHCO3 in water, with water and then with saturated NaCl solution. After drying over MgSO4 and evaporation, the crude product is purifed by flash chromatography on silica to give 2.25 g of a white solid. m.p.=47° C.

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