Triethylamine → [4-(8-Cyclopropyl-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-chroman-6-ylethynyl)phenyl]acetic acid methyl ester

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Following general procedure F and using 8-cyclopropyl-6-ethynyl-2,2,4,4-tetramethylchroman (Intermediate 34, 0.096 g, 0.38 mmol), methyl-4-iodo phenyl acetate (Reagent B, 0.094 g, 0.34 mmol), triethyl amine (3 mL), tetrahydrofuran (3 mL), copper(I)iodide (0.025 g, 0.13 mmol) and dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) (0.075 g, 0.11 mmol) the title compound was obtained (0.137 g, 90%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.47 (d, 2H, J=7.9 Hz), 7.29 (d, 1H, J=1.8 Hz), 7.24 (d, 2H, J=7.9 Hz), 6.82 (d, 1H, J=2.1 Hz), 3.70 (s, 3H), 3.63 (s, 2H), 2.22-2.13 (m, 1H), 1.85 (s, 2H), 1.38 (s, 6H), 1.36 (s, 6H), 0.94-0.86 (m, 2H), 0.68-0.63 (m, 2H).

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