4-fluoro-3-methoxybenzaldehyde

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

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

Procedure: Following a similar procedure to that described in section a of example 1, but starting from 4-methylsulfinylaniline (obtained in reference example 2) instead of 4-methylsulfonylaniline and from 4-fluoro-3-methoxybenzaldehyde instead of 4-isopropoxybenzaldehyde, the desired compound was obtained, which was directly used in the next step.

Conditions: temp:90.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To 400 mg (2.60 mmol) of 4-fluoro-3-methoxybenzaldehyde diluted in 10 ml of dimethylsulfoxide are respectively added 483 mg (2.60 mmol) of tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate, then 394 mg (2.85 mmol) of potassium carbonate. The solution is heated to 90° C. for 40 h, then water is added and the product is extracted several times with ethyl acetate. The organic phases are combined, dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated. The residue obtained is purified by chromatography on silica (cyclohexane/ethyl acetate eluent: 8:2) to yield 425 mg of tert-butyl 4-(4-formyl-2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate in the form of a colourless oil. the product is extracted several times with ethyl acetate dried over magnesium sulfate concentrated The residue obtained is purified by chromatography on silica (cyclohexane/ethyl acetate eluent: 8:2)

Conditions: temp:-72.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a solution of 1-bromo-3-fluoro-5-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)benzene, prepared as described in Procedure N, (1.00 g, 3.44 mmol) in diethyl ether in (10 mL) at −72° C. was added 2.5 M n-BuLi (1.37 mL, 3.44 mmol) dropwise. Upon completion of addition, the reaction mixture was stirred for 15 minutes at −72° C., then 4-fluoro-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (0.53 g, 3.44 mmol) was added while the reaction mixture temperature was maintained below −52° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h at −72° C. The reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of 1N HCl and the aqueous portion was extracted with EtOAc (2×). The combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaCl, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by ISCO using a gradient of 0-50% EtOAc/hexane as eluent to yield (4-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)(3-fluoro-5-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)phenyl)methanol (0.83 g, 66% yield). HPLC: RT=3.85 min (Phenomenex Luna C18 5μ column, eluting with 10-90% aqueous methanol containing 0.1% phosphoric acid over a 4 minute gradient, flow rate 4 mL/min, monitoring at 220 nm); 1H NMR (CDCl3): 7.05-6.8 (m, 6H), 5.87 (tt, J=2.8, 52.9 Hz), 5.75 (s, 1H), 3.85 (s, 3H). Upon completion of addition was maintained below −52° C The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h at −72° C The reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of 1N HCl the aqueous portion was extracted with EtOAc (2×) The combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaCl dried over MgSO4 concentrated under reduced pressure The residue was purified by ISCO

Conditions: temp:50.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a solution of 4-fluoro-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (25 g, 162 mmol) in THF (150 mL) was added a solution of benzyl magnesium chloride (2 M solution in THF, 122 mL, 243 mmol) in THF (50 mL). The reaction mixture was heated at 50° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to rt and quenched by addition of sat. NH4Cl. The reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×) and the combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaCl, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, eluting with 0-40% EtOAc/hexane) to yield 1-(4-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenylethanol as a yellow oil (24 g, 60% yield). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 7.27-7.32 (m, 2H), 7.21-7.27 (m, 1H), 7.16 (d, J=7 Hz, 2H), 7.01 (dd, J=11, 8 Hz, 1H), 6.92 (dd, J=8, 2 Hz, 1H), 6.82 (ddd, J=8, 4, 1 Hz, 1H), 4.80-4.88 (m, 1H), 4.66 (d, J=6 Hz, 1H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 2.91-3.04 (m, 2H). to cool to rt quenched by addition of sat. NH4Cl The reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×) the combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaCl dried over Na2SO4 filtered concentrated under reduced pressure The residue was purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, eluting with 0-40% EtOAc/hexane)

Conditions: temp:-72.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a solution of 1-bromo-3-fluoro-5-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)benzene, prepared as described in Procedure 3, (1.00 g, 3.44 mmol) in diethyl ether in (10 mL) at −72° C. was added 2.5 M n-BuLi (1.37 mL, 3.44 mmol) dropwise. Upon completion of addition, the reaction mixture was stirred for 15 minutes at −72° C., then 4-fluoro-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (0.53 g, 3.44 mmol) was added while the reaction mixture temperature was maintained below −52° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h at −72° C. The reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of 1N HCl and the aqueous portion was extracted with EtOAc (2×). The combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaCl, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by ISCO using a gradient of 0-50% EtOAc/hexane as eluent to yield (4-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)(3-fluoro-5-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)phenyl)methanol (0.83 g, 66% yield). HPLC: RT=3.85 min (Phenomenex Luna C18 5μ column, eluting with 10-90% aqueous methanol containing 0.1% phosphoric acid over a 4 minute gradient, flow rate 4 mL/min, monitoring at 220 nm); 1H NMR (CDCl3): 7.05-6.8 (m, 6H), 5.87 (tt, J=2.8, 52.9 Hz), 5.75 (s, 1H), 3.85 (s, 3H). Upon completion of addition was maintained below −52° C The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h at −72° C The reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of 1N HCl the aqueous portion was extracted with EtOAc (2×) The combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaCl dried over MgSO4 concentrated under reduced pressure The residue was purified by ISCO

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

Procedure: The title compound is prepared via an analogous procedure to 1-((3-fluoro-4-methanesulfonyl-phenyl)-propan-2-one (64c) (steps 64b-64c) by replacing 3-fluoro-4-methanesulfonyl-benz-aldehyde in step 64b with 4-fluoro-3-methoxy-benzaldehyde.