2-(Trifluoroacetyl)cyclohexanone

383-63-1

108-94-1

387-89-3

GENERAL PROCEDURE: In a dry Schlenk tube, NaH (6.0 mmol) was stirred with ethyl trifluoroacetate (6.0 mmol) in THF (5 mL) for 10 minutes at room temperature under argon protection. Subsequently, a THF (5 mL) solution of cyclohexanone (5.0 mmol) was added dropwise to the above mixture at 0 °C and under argon protection. The reaction mixture was stirred at the set temperature for 2-6 h. After that, it was cooled to 0 °C again and the reaction was quenched with 6 mL of 1 mol/L HCl solution. After continued stirring for 15 min, the reaction mixture was neutralized with saturated NaHCO3 solution. After conventional post-treatment, the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to afford the target product 2-(trifluoroacetyl)cyclohexanone.