“…The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel to give the product as a brown solid (179.4 mg, 79%): R f = 0.24 (petroleum ether/DCM 60/40); mp 60–63 °C (lit . mp 60–61 °C); 1 H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO- d 6 ) δ 7.87 (s, 1H), 7.84–7.82 (m, 2H), 7.70 (app t, 1H, J = 7.8 Hz), 7.07 (d, 1H, J = 2.5 Hz), 7.02–6.93 (m, 2H); 13 C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO- d 6 ) δ 187.6, 186.1, 143.9, 137.3, 136.1, 133.8, 133.3, 133.1, 129.3, 129.0 (q, J = 31.0 Hz), 126.1, 126.0, 124.0 (q, J = 271.0 Hz); 19 F NMR (376 MHz, DMSO- d 6 ) δ −61.13; IR ν 3052, 1659, 1609, 1586 cm –1 ; HRMS (ESI) calcd for C 13 H 8 F 3 O 2 [M + H] + 253.0482, found 253.0482.…”