tert-Butylsulfinamide, (R)-(+)- → HCID 90372814, compound

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To a solution of 1-(2,3-difluorophenyl)-2-fluoroethanone (18.9 g, 109 mmol) in THF (400 mL) was added (R)-(+)-2-methyl-2-propanesulfinamide (26.3 g, 217 mmol) followed by tetraisopropoxytitanium (93 g, 326 mmol). The reaction was heated to reflux for 2 h. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and then treated with brine (400 ml). The resulted suspension was stirred for 15 min and filtered through a pad of celite. The filter cake was washed with EtOAc. The filtrate was extracted with EtOAc (2×). The organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and purified by silica gel column (0-20% EtOAc/hexane) to afford (R,E)-N-(1-(2,3-difluorophenyl)-2-fluoroethylidene)-2-methylpropane-2-sulfinamide (12.3 g, 44.4 mmol, 40.9% yield) as yellow oil, MS m/z=278.0 [M+H]+. calculated for C12H14F3NOS: 277.3

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