Triethylamine → (E)-ethyl 3-(3-((methoxymethoxy)methyl)phenyl)acrylate

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere, a crude product of 1-bromo-3-((methoxymethoxy)methyl)benzene (3.60 g), triethylamine (6.50 mL), palladium acetate (175 mg), tri-o-tolylphosphine (711 mg) and ethyl acrylate (8.4 mL) were stirred in DMF (30 mL) at 110° C. for 1 hr. The solvent of the reaction mixture was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (NH, ethyl acetate/hexane) to give the title compound (3.41 g) as a pale-yellow oil.

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