Diethyl Ether → Methyl 3-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazine-2-carboxylate

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To methyl 3-iodopyrazine-2-carboxylate (7) (10 g, 37.88 mmol) in DMF (Volume: 300 mL) was added methyl chlorodifluoroacetate (27 g, 0.189 mol), potassium fluoride (13.2 g, 0.227 mol), and copper chloride (22.47 g., 0.227 mol). The reaction was heated at 120° C. for 12 h. The reaction mixture was poured into ethyl ether (1000 ml) and washed with brine (3×300 ml), dried over MgSO4 before the solvent was removed. The residue was loaded onto a silica column and was eluted using ethyl acetate/hexanes gradient to afford the title compound (3.19 g, 41%) as an amber oil: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.85 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1H), 8.82 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1H), 4.05 (s, 3H); EIMS m/z 206.

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