Add copper (I) iodide (48.2 mg, 0.25 mmol), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (II) dichloride (155.8 m g, 0.22 mmol) and triethylamine (2.51 mL, 17.8 mmol), to a solution of 1-bromo-3-trifluoromethylbenzene (0.62 mL, 4.44 mmol) and trimethylsilylacetylene (0.81 mL, 5.78 mmol), in ethyl acetate (4 mL). Stir at 50° C. for 18h. Cool the reaction mixture to room temperature, concentrate and purify the residue by silica gel chromatography, eluting with hexanes, to give the title compound (1.1 g, 100%).
