Allyl bromide → alpha-(2-Propenyl)-[2-(2-nitro-6-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]propanedioic acid, dimethyl ester

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[2-(2-Nitro-6-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl]propanedioic acid, dimethyl ester (14.55 g; 31.96 mmole) was dissolved in dry dimethylformamide (90 ml) under argon. Prewashed 50% sodium hydride (1.85 g; 38.5 mmole) was added with stirring and stirring was continued for 20 minutes before allyl bromide (19.33 g; 159.8 mmole; 13.8 ml; d=1.398; 5 eq.) was added dropwise. The mixture was quenched (1N hydrochloric acid) after a few minutes of reaction time, and extracted with ethyl acetate (two times). The organic extract was washed with saturated potassium carbonate (two times), saturated sodium chloride, and dried (magnesium sulfate). The solution was concentrated on a high vacuum pump leaving 23.0 g. This material was flash chromatographed (silica gel/9:1-hexane:ethyl acetate) and the appropriate fractions were combined and concentrated giving 15.45 g of the title compound as an oil.

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