Sodium Hydroxide → 5-(3-Hydroxy-1-butynyl)-2,2'-bithiophene

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To the mixture of 1 g (14.3 mmole) of 3-hydroxy-1-butyne, 10 ml of benzene and 2.78 g of 5-iodo-2,2'-bithiophene (9.52 mmole) was added 0.15 g of CuI, 0.15 g of benzyltriethylammonium chloride, 0.2 g of Pd(PPh3)4 and then 15 ml of NaOH solution (2.5N) at room temperature and stirred for 2 hours. 4 ml of NH4Cl solution was then added. The reaction solution was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with 10 ml of HCl (10%) for 3 times, 50 ml of water twice, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography. From the eluate of ethyl acetate/n-hexane (3/1) 2.07 g of yellow solid product (93%) was obtained.

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