Cesium fluoride → Methyl 3,5-bis(methoxymethoxy)-4-(2-methylallyl)benzoate

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To a solution of 4-bromo-3,5-bis-methoxymethoxy-benzoic acid methyl ester (3h) (3.10 g, 9.25 mmol) in DMF (20 mL) was added CsF (2.80 g, 18.4 mmol), CuI (200 mg, 1.05 mmol), PdCl2 (200 mg, 1.12 mmol), 2-methylallyltributyltin (3.80, 11.0 mmol) and PtBu3 (220 mg, 1.09 mmol). The reaction mixture was degassed and heated to 45° C. overnight. The mixture was filtered through Celite, quenched with H2O (100 mL), extracted with EtOAc (2×100 mL). The organic layers were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography eluting with 5% EtOAc in hexanes to give the desired product as brown oil (3.6 g) which contained tin impurities. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.44-7.46 (m, 2 H) 5.22 (s, 4 H) 4.61-4.76 (m, 1 H) 4.38-4.55 (m, 1 H) 3.90 (s, 3 H) 3.47 (s, 6 H) 3.42-3.45 (m, 2 H) 1.80 (s, 3 H); LCMS for C16H22O6 m/z 311.10 (M+H)+.

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