2-Methyl-3-butyn-2-ol → 4-(4-Cyanophenyl)-2-methyl-3-butyne-2-ol

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Into a reactor were introduced 1.38 g (10.0 mmol) of 4-chlorobenzonitrile, 1.68 g (20.0 mmol) of 2-methyl-3 butyne-2-ol, 2.7 mg (0.015 mmol) of palladium, 1.4 mg (0.0075 mmol) of copper iodide, 17.6 mg (0.045 mmol) of the 1,1-diphenyl-2-(dicyclohexylphosphine)propene obtained in Example 2, 4.0 mL (0.055 mmol) of diisopropylamine, and 4.0 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide under a nitrogen atmosphere. The resultant reaction mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 23 hours and then cooled. Thereafter, the solvent was removed under pressure. The concentrate was purified by column clromatography to obtain 1.56 g (84%) of 4-(4-cyanophenyl)-2-methyl-3-butyne-2-ol as white crystals.

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