Triethylamine → 3-(3,4-Difluoro-phenylethynyl)-phenylamine

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A multinecked flask as described in Example 1 was charged with 5.0 g (0.026 mol) of 3,4-difluorobromobenzene, 50 ml of dried, degassed triethylamine, 3.0 g (0.026 mol) of 3-aminophenylacetylene, 0.07 g (0.1 mmol) of bis(triphenylphosphine) palladium II chloride, 0.1 g (0.38 mmol) of triphenylphosphine, and 0.02 g (0.1 mmol) of cuprous iodide. The reaction mixture was heated at 65° C. for 36 hours at which point gas chromatography showed the reaction to be complete. The product mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted with 50 ml of ether. Filtration of the insoluble triethylamine hydrobromide salt by-product followed by concentration of the filtrate gave the crude product (4.2 g, 78% yield) as a off-white solid. Short path distillation of the crude product under reduced pressure gave 2.38 g (0.01 mol, 38% yield) of the purified product as a colorless liquid which crystallized on standing.

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