“…The mixture was stirred for an additional 1 h and then filtered through a Büchner funnel. The resulting off-white solid was rinsed with a 200 mL portion of diethyl ether and then dried in a vacuum oven at 120 °C to afford 180.7 g (99% yield) of the title compound as a white powdered solid: mp 256 °C (dec) [lit . mp 220 °C (dec)]; 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CD 3 CN) δ 1.43 (s, 6H), 1.50 (s, 6H), 1.75 (t, J = 13.0 Hz, 2H), 1.96 (dd, J = 3.8 Hz, J = 13.0 Hz, 2H), 4.23–4.33 (m, 1H), 7.74 (d, J = 5.3 Hz, 1H); 13 C NMR (100 MHz, CD 3 CN) δ 25.0, 30.5, 40.7, 42.8, 58.1, 117.0 (q, J C–F = 287.6 Hz), 118.1 (q, J C–F = 294.6 Hz), 157.4 (q, J C–F = 36.7 Hz), 161.2 (q, J C–F = 33.5 Hz); 19 F NMR (376 MHz, CD 3 CN) δ −74.2 (3F), −74.7 (3F); HRMS (DART-TOF) m / z calcd for C 11 H 20 F 3 N 2 O [M – CF 3 COO] + 253.1528, found 253.1522.…”