1-Bromo-4-fluorobenzene → 4-(4-Fluorophenyl)but-3-yn-1-ol

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1 g of bis-(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) chloride, 3.8 g of copper(I) iodide and 8.7 g of triphenylphosphine were added in succession to a solution of 100 g of 4-bromofluorobenzene in 350 ml of triethylamine. This mixture was refluxed, after which 43.4 g of 3-butynol were added dropwise at this temperature (about 100° C.) in the course of 20 minutes. The mixture was stirred for a further 5 hours at this temperature. After the mixture had cooled, the triethylamine was distilled off. The residue was taken up in methyl tert-butyl ether and water. The aqueous phase was extracted twice with methyl tert-butyl ether, and the combined organic extracts were washed in succession with 1 N hydrochloric acid and with 10% strength sodium bicarbonate solution, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated down in a rotary evaporator. Distillation under greatly reduced pressure gave 80 g (86%) of the desired compound.

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