Potassium Carbonate → HCID 69517548, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A mixture of benzaldehyde from Step 1 (3.0 g, 18.07 mmole) and ethyl 4,4,4-trifluorocrotonate (4.5 g, 27.11 mmole) was dissolved in anhydrous DMF (20 mL), warmed to 60° C. and treated with anhydrous K2CO3 (4.99 g, 36.14 mmole). The solution was maintained at 90° C. for 24 hours. LCMS analysis indicated that the reaction was complete. After the reaction was cooled to room temperature, the solution was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to afford brown solid, that was dissolved in MeOH (40 mL) and was precipitated upon adding 13 mL water. The suspension was filtered and dried on vacuum yielding a light brown solid: (4.37 g, 76.6%): LCMS m/z339.10 (M+Na). 1H NMR (CDCl3/400 MHz) 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.03(d, 1H, J=8.7 Hz), 6.50 (d, 1H, J=8.7 Hz), 5.70 (q, 1H, J=6 Hz), 4.29 (q, 2H, J=7.2 Hz), 3.84 (s, 3H), 2.09(s, 3H), 1.33 (t, 3H, J=7.2 Hz).

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