1-Iodo-3-nitrobenzene → 1-Nitro-3-[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]-benzene

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A mixture of 3-iodonitrobenzene (2.0 g, 8.0 mmol), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride (0.30 g, 0.40 mmol) and copper(I) iodide (0.080 g, 0.40 mmol) in 25 mL of Et3N was degassed by freeze/pump/thaw technique (three times). Trimethylsilylacetylene (1.0 g, 10 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred for 12 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through a celite pad and the pad was rinsed with CH2Cl2. The filtrate was washed with sat. NH4Cl (aq.) and brine and the organic layer was dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography (Hexane, then EtOAc;Hexanes =1:30) to afford trimethyl((3-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)silane (1.65 g, 94%): 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.32 (dd, J=1.8, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.17 (ddd, J=8.4, 2.1, 0.9 Hz, 1H), 7.76 (ddd, J=7.5, 1.2, 1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.49 (dd, J=8.1, 8.1 Hz, 1H), 0.28 (s, 9H).

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