1-(4-(Trifluoromethyl)phenyl)ethan-1-one → HCID 2805938, compound

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A solution of 1-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethanone (2 g, 10.63 mmol, Sigma-Aldrich) in dimethylformamide-dimethylacetal (5 ml, 37.3 mmol) was heated to 110° C. and stirred for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature then diluted with iso-hexanes (20 ml). The resulting precipitate was filtered then washed with a minimum of iso-hexane to yield the title compound as a yellow solid (1.29 g)

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