Benzaldehyde → 1-[2,5-Bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenyl]-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-one

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The title compound was prepared by heating a mixture of 2,5-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)acetophenone (200 mg, 0.633 mmol) and benzaldehyde (64 ul, 0.633 mmol) similar to Example 1 and isolated as a yellow solid (7.2 mg, 2.8%). 1H NMR (CDCl3): 7.70 (d, J=16.2 Hz, 1H), 7.62-7.59 (m, 2H), 7.45 (d, J=15.9 Hz, 1H), 7.41 (t, J=3.2 Hz, 3H), 7.29 (d, J=3.3 Hz, 1H), 7.13 (dd, J=3.3, 9.3 Hz, 1H), 6.96 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 4.45-4.34 (m, 4H).

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