Triethylamine → 3-(4-Hydroxy-3-fluorophenyl)-acrylic acid ethyl ester

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A solution of 2-fluoro-4-bromophenol 15-1 (50 g, 261.8 mmol), ethyl acrylate (34 mL), Pd(OAc)2 (2.5 g), tri-o-tolylphosphine (5 g) and triethylamine (83 mL) was heated to 100° C. in a sealed tube for 12 h. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and diluted with dichloromethane (100 mL). The organic solution was washed with 10% aq. citric acid (40 mL), satd aq NaHCO3, and brine (40 mL). The organic solution was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (50:50 hexanes/EtOAc to 100% EtOAc) to give acrylic acid 15-2 as a white solid.

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