Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 86679257, compound

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Reaction Steps

TEA (46 mL) was added to a THF (0.40 L) suspension of ethyl 4-iodobenzoate (30 g), 4-ethynylbenzaldehyde (14 g) obtained by the synthesis method described in the literature (Tetrahedron Letters, 2007, Vol. 48(33), pp. 5817-5820), PdCl2(PPh3)2 (3.9 g), and CuI (2.1 g), and the mixture was stirred for 4 hours at 45° C. After the reaction mixture was allowed to cool, water was added, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The desiccant was filtered out, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. Hexane/ethyl acetate (1:1 (v/v)) was added to the resulting residue, the mixture was stirred, and then the precipitate was filtered off and dried. The filtrate was concentrated, and then the same procedure was performed. As a result, ethyl 4-[(4-formylphenyl)ethynyl]benzoate (yellow solid) was obtained (27 g, 88%).

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