Phenylacetylene → Acetamide, N-[2-(phenylethynyl)phenyl]-

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This product was prepared from toluene-4-sulfonic acid 2-acetylamino-phenyl ester and ethynyl-benzene following the general procedure for the Sonogashira cross-coupling process described above. Chromatography eluent: heptane/EtOAc 9:1; yield (60 mg, 50%); 1H NMR δ (CDCl3): 8.39 (d, J=8.55 Hz, 1H), 7.9 (br s, 1H), 7.59-7.67 (m, 2H), 7.58-7.52 (m, 2H), 7.41-7.35 (m, 3H), 7.02 (t, J=7.22 Hz, 1H), 2.21 (s, 3H); LCMS m/z: 235.

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