Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 4-ethynylbenzoate

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To a stirred solution at 0° C. under nitrogen of XXXI (9.05 g, 38.95 mmol) in MeOH (280 ml) was added potassium carbonate (1.62 g, 11.72 mmol). After 3 h, the reaction mixture was concentrated and directly purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (CH2Cl2:100) to afford the title compound XXXII (6.16 g, 38.46 mmol, 98% yield) as a pale yellow solid. 1H NMR: (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ (ppm): AB system (δA=7.98, δB=7.54, JAB=8.6 Hz, 4H), 3.93 (s, 3H), 3.24 (s, 1H).

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