Benzyl 2-bromo-2,2-difluoroacetate (1m)–General Procedure A was followed making use of (3-
Benzyl 2-bromo-2,2-difluoroacetate (1m)–General Procedure A was followed working with (3-(hydroxylmethyl)phenyl)(phenyl)methanone. Workup and chromatographic purification (hexanes/EtOAc, 1:021:4) afforded the title compound as a pale yellow oil (1.6 g, 88 ). 1H…