Tributylvinyltin → 4-(Ethenyl)-2-[(4-chlorophenoxy)methyl]-1-trifluoromethanesulfonylbenzimidazole

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In a 250 ml single neck round bottom flask, under a nitrogen atmosphere, were added 4-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy-2-[(4-chlorophenoxy)methyl]-1-trifluoromethanesulfonylbenzimidazole (5.00 g, 9.28 mmol), lithium chloride (1.18 g, 27.84 mmol), vinyltributyltin (4.12 g, 12.99 mmol), and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride (303 mg, 0.371 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (99 ml). The resulting mixture was stirred for five hours at reflux, followed by the addition of an additional 0.15 mg of the palladium catalyst. The contents were then stirred overnight. The progress of the reaction was monitored by thin layer chromatography. An additional 0.15 mg of the palladium catalyst and 0.5 ml of vinyltributyltin were added to the reaction mixture and it was refluxed for five hours. The desired title product was further purified by flash chromatography.

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