Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pentenoate

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To a suspension of 5.6 g of sodium hydride (60% in oil) in 500 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise 31.6 g of ethyl diethylphosphonoacetate under ice-cooling. After the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 10 minutes, the a solution of 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-butanone in diethyl ether obtained in Step 1 was added dropwise thereto. The mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour, and then warmed to nearly room temperature. To the reaction mixture was added 10% hydrochloric acid, and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain crude ethyl 3-trifluoromethyl-2-pentenoate.

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