Acetonitrile → 1-[2-Bromo-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethan-1-one

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1-(2-Bromo-5-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-ethanol (0.914 g, 3.40 mmol), N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (0.731 g, 6.24 mmol), and tetrapropylammonium perruthenate (0.109 g, 0.31 mmol) were combined in CH2Cl2 (18 mL) and MeCN (0.9 mL) and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Once no starting material was seen by analytical LCMS, the mixture was filtered through Celite and purified by silica gel chromatography (0-100% EtOAc in hexanes) to give the title compound.

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