Triethylamine → 2-[2-(2-Methoxyphenyl)-ethynyl]-5-methoxybenzaldehyde

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The resulting 2-ethynylanisole (0.79 g) and 2-bromo-5-methoxybenzaldehyde (1.14 g) were reacted in dimethylformamide (50 ml) in the presence of dichloro-bis-triphenylphosphine palladium (1.0 g), cuprous iodide (0.5 g) and triethylamine (15 ml), in nitrogen atmosphere at 50° C. for 6 hr. The resulting reaction solution was evaporated, and to the resulting residue were added ethyl acetate and water. The resulting organic layer was washed with water and brine, and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated, and the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane system), to give 0.95 g of the title compound as a pale yellow oil.

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