Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(5-Bromopyridin-3-yl)-1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-ol

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To a solution of 1-(5-bromo-pyridin-3-yl)-ethanone (1.0 g, 5.0 mmol) in THF (dry, 25 ml) at room temperature is added tetrabutyl-ammonium fluoride (0.35 ml, 1M in THF, 0.35 mmol). Then trimethyl-trifluoromethyl-silane (3.25 ml, 2.0M in THF, 6.5 mmol) is added to the reaction mixture dropwise. The reaction mixture is stirred for 3 h. Then HCl (4N, 6.6 ml, 26.5 mmol) is added to the mixture. The reaction mixture is stirred for 4 h at room temperature and then is neutralized by adding Na2CO3 powder slowly. The resulting mixture is partitioned between water and EtOAc, and the aqueous phase is extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic phases are concentrated in vacuo. The crude mixture is separated by flash silica gel column (EtOAc/Heptane 0 to 30% gradient, then 30%) to obtain 1.12 g 2-(5-bromo-3-pyridyl)-1,1,1-trifluoro-propan-2-ol.

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