Ethyl bromoacetate → ethyl 3-fluoro-5-(4-methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)phenoxyacetate

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A mixture of ethyl bromoacetate (0.5 g, 3 mmol), 3-fluoro-5-(4-methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)phenol (Example 8, Step 4) (0.3 g, 1.3 mmol) and K2CO3 (0.11 g, 0.8 mmol) in dimethylformamide (5.0 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 16 h under an argon atmosphere. The reaction mixture was partitioned between 5% citric acid (25 mL) and EtOAc (25 mL). The organic phase was washed with water, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated. The resulting syrup was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel, eluting with 25% EtOAc in hexane, to give 0.3 g (73%) of ethyl 3-fluoro-5-(4-methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)phenoxyacetate as a colorless viscous liquid: 1H NMR (CDCl3/300 MHz) δ 6.77 (d, 2H, J=10.5 Hz), 6.52 (d, 1H, J=10.5 Hz), 4.61 (s, 2H), 4.28 (q, 2H, J=6.9 Hz), 3.82 (m, 4H), 2.99 (s, 3H), 1.92 (m, 4H), 1.31 (t, 3H, J=6.9 Hz). FABMS m/z=313 (M+H). HRMS calcd for C16H22FO5 313.1451, found 313.1399.

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