Triethylamine → 1-(2-Cyclopropylethynyl)-4-methoxybenzene

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1-Cyclopropylethynyl-4-methoxy-benzene Cyclopropylethyne (15 g, 0.22 mol) was slowly added to a mixture of 4-iodoanisole (30 g, 0.13 mol), copper (I) iodide (1.2 g, 0.0063 mol), and triethylamine (30 g, 0.30 mol) in tetrahydrofuran (THF, 400 mL). After being stirred for 4 hours, the resulting precipitate was filtered and washed with THF. The combined filtrate was evaporated to dryness and the residue was purified by column chromatography to afford 1-cyclopropylethynyl-4-methoxy-benzene as a yellow oil (15 g, 0.087 mol, 67%). 1H NMR (CDCl3). 7.31 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 2 H), 6.80 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 2 H), 3.79 (s, 3 H), 1.43 (m, 1 H), 0.85 (m, 2 H), 0.78 (m, 2 H).

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