Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(3-(Difluoromethyl)phenyl)ethan-1-one

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A mixture of 1-bromo-3-(difluoromethyl)benzene (0.72 g, 3.48 mmol), tributyl(1-ethoxyvinyl)tin (1.38 g, 3.83 mmol), dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) (0.24 g, 0.35 mmol) in toluene (12 mL) is heated at 100° C. under nitrogen atmosphere for 16 hours. After cooling to room temperature, 2M hydrochloric acid (12 mL) is added to the mixture. Then the resulting mixture is stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The mixture is diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL) and washed with water (100 mL). The organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue is purified by column chromatography on silica-gel eluting with n-hexane/ethyl acetate (30:1) to give 0.58 g (98% yield) of the title compound as colorless oil.

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