Propylene Oxide → 4-(4-Chloro-benzenesulfonyl)-4-(2,3,6-trifluoro-phenyl)-butan-2-ol

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2-(4-Chloro-benzenesulfonylmethyl)-1,3,4-trifluoro-benzene (Example 8, step 2, 305 mg, 0.95 mmol) was dissolved in 4 mL THF. The solution was cooled to −78° C. and butyllithium (2.5M in hexane, 0.4 mL) was added slowly. The solution was stirred at −78° C. for 2 h then warmed to 0° C. and stirred for 0.5 h. The solution was then cooled to −78° C. again and propylene oxide (178.0 mg, 3.1 mmol) in 3.25 mL of THF was added slowly and the reaction mixture was allowed to stir and warm to room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was quenched with a saturated NH4Cl solution (50 mL). The reaction mixture was extracted three times with EtOAc (50 mL each) and the combined organics were washed with water (100 mL) and brine (100 mL). The organic layer was then dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The product was purified using column chromatography (hex./EtOAc 100/0 to 70/30 in 60 min. 0.19 g, 52%). 1H NMR (CDCl3 400 MHz) δ 7.59 (m, 2H), 7.42 (m, 2H), 7.10 (m, 1H), 6.81 (m, 0.5H), 6.66 (m, 0.5H), 4.83-4.99 (m, 1H), 4.06 (m, 0.5H), 3.51 (m, 0.5H), 2.50-2.74 (m, 1H), 2.26 (m, 1H), 1.03-2.24 (m, 3H). The product is a mixture of diastereomers.

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