Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 2-(6-acetyl-4-chloro-3-fluoro-2-iodophenoxy)propanoate

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A solution of 1-(5-chloro-4-fluoro-2-hydroxy-3-iodophenyl)ethanone (5.00 g, 15.9 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (80.0 mL) was treated with potassium carbonate (4.39 g, 31.8 mmol), followed by ethyl 2-bromopropanoate (2.48 mL, 19.1 mmol), and then stirred at 60° C. for 3 h. The reaction was stirred overnight at 60° C., and then worked up per the procedure below. The reaction was then re-submitted to the reaction conditions and stirred at 90° C. for 4 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and ethyl acetate. The organic layer was separated and washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to give a crude residue. Purification by flash column chromatography (100% hexanes to 10% EtOAc/hexanes) gave the desired product (3.66 g, 56%) as a mixture of enantiomers. LCMS calculated for C13H14ClFIO4 (M+H)+: m/z=415.0; found: 414.9.

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