2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol → Methyl 5-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrazine-2-carboxylate

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To a mixture of methyl 5-chloropyrazine-2-carboxylate (1 g, 5.79 mmol) and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (2.111 ml, 29.0 mmol) was added potassium carbonate (0.801 g, 5.79 mmol). The reaction was stirred at ambient temperature for 16 hrs. The reaction was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic portion was concentrated and purified in 10-60% EtOAc/Heptane to give the title compound (1.1 g, 4.66 mmol, 80%). MS m/z=237.1 (M+H).

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