Under a nitrogen atmosphere, heptyl 4-iodobenzoate (2a) (10.1 g, 29.3 mmol) was dissolved in anhydrous triethylamine (50 mL), Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (0.0820 g, 0.117 mmol), triphenylphosphine (0.126 g, 0.480 mmol), copper (I) iodide (0.135 g, 0.192 mmol), and trimethylsilylacetylene (TMSA) (4.30 mL, 31.7 mmol) were added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 hr. The reaction solution was filtered through celite, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by column chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:30) to give heptyl 4-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzoate (3a) (9.23 g, yield 98%) as an oily liquid.
