N,N-diethylpropanamide

Conditions: temp:140.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: Phosphorous oxychloride (95.0 μL, 1.02 mmol) was added dropwise, at rt to a solution of N,N-diethylpropionamide (146 μL, 1.02 mmol) in 1,2-dichlorobenzene (1 mL). After 30 min. at rt, (4-bromo-2-hydroxyphenyl)(4-fluorophenyl)methanone (300 mg, 1.02 mmol) was added all at once. After 10 min. the reaction mixture was heated at 140° C. for 16 h and allowed to cool to rt. It was poured into 5% NaHCO3 (20 mL) and the resulting mixture stirred at 60° C. for 20 min., cooled to rt, acidified (pH=1) with 6N HCl and extracted with CHCl3. The combined organics were washed with water and brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated. The residue was subjected to chromatography on silica gel (EtOAc/toluene 1:100) affording the title compound as a white solid, contaminated with ˜10% of an impurity. It was used as such in the following step. to cool to rt cooled to rt extracted with CHCl3 The combined organics were washed with water and brine dried (Na2SO4) filtered concentrated