Methyl chloroformate → Methyl 3-[4-(4-pentylphenyl)phenyl]propionate

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To a solution of 4-(4-Pentylphenyl)phenylacetylene (2.09 g) in tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) was added dropwise a solution of lithium diisobutylamide in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and n-hexane (1.60 M, 5.6 ml) at −75° C., and the resultant mixture was stirred for an hour at −78° C. To the mixture was added methyl chloroformate (0.72 ml), and the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to ambient temperature. The solution was diluted with ethyl acetate, and washed in turn with water and brine, and dried over magnesium sulfate. The magnesium sulfate was filtered off, and the filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure to give a crude product, which was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel (150 ml), and eluted with a mixture of (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=100:0-9:1, V/V) to give Methyl 3-[4-(4-pentylphenyl)phenyl]propionate (2.20 g).

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