3-(Trifluoromethyl)phenol → Benzonitrile, 5-formyl-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-

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A mixture of 2-fluoro-5-formylbenzonitrile (1.0 g, 6.71 mmol), 3-(trifluoromethyl) phenol (1.087 g, 6.71 mmol), K2CO3 (2.78 g, 20.12 mmol) in DMSO (20 mL) was heated at 100° C. overnight. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was partitioned between EA (100 mL) and water (100 mL), the aqueous layer was extracted with EA (50 mL) twice. The combine the organic layers were washed with water, brine and dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated and purified via flash chromatography to afford the title compound (820 mg, 2.79 mmol, 41.6% yield). LCMS: rt=3.33 min, [M+H+]=292

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