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We are proud to present the 2,2,2-trifluoroethy etherification of 4'-hydroxyacetophenone using 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl triflate.

Sodium hydride (353 mg, 8.38 mmol) was slowly added to a solution of 4'-hydroxyacetophenone (1.0 g, 7.34 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) at room temperature and the mixture was stirred for 10 minutes. 2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl triflate (1.27 mL, 8.38 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture and stirred overnight at 60 °C. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL) and washed with water (50 mL) and brine (50 mL), then the organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and filtered. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by column chromatography (on silica gel, ethyl acetate:hexane = 0:1 - 15:85) to give 4'-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)acetophenone as a pale yellow solid (1.2 g, 71% yield).
The reaction mixture was monitored by UPLC.
4'-(2,2,2-Trifluoroethoxy)acetophenone
1H NMR (270 MHz, CDCl3); δ 7.98 (d, 2H, J = 8.9 Hz), 6.99 (d, 2H, J = 8.9 Hz), 4.43 (q, 2H, J = 8.1 Hz), 2.59 (s, 3H).