Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 5-chloro-2-ethenylbenzoate

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A stirred suspension of methyl 2-bromo-5-chlorobenzoate (10 g, 40.08 mmol), potassium trifluoro(vinyl)borate (8.05 g, 60.12 mmol), Pd(dppf)Cl2 (1.64 g, 2.0 mmol) and sodium carbonate (8.5 g, 80.16 mmol) in dioxane (150 mL) and water (15 mL) was refluxed for 8 hours under a nitrogen atmosphere. After cooling to RT, the mixture was filtered, concentrated, and the crude product was purified by column chromatography eluting with petroleum ether and ethyl acetate (PE/EtOAc=100:1-50:1 gradient) to give the title compound (31.4 g, 76.4%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 7.80 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.31-7.39 (m, 2H), 5.57 (d, J=17.6 Hz, 1H), 5.31 (d, J=10.8 Hz, 1H), 3.83 (s, 3H).

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