Tetrahydrofuran → 4-({4-[(Trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]phenyl}ethynyl)aniline

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Following a general coupling procedure, (4-iodo-phenylethynyl)-trimethyl-silane (Maya et al., Chem. Mater., 2004, 16:2987-2997) (0.75 g, 2.50 mmol) was coupled to 4-ethynyl-phenylamine (Fan et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124:5550) (0.35 g, 3.00 mmol) using PdCl2(PPh3)2 (0.09 g, 0.13 mmol), CuI (0.05 g, 0.25 mmol), TEA (3 mL), and THF (10 mL). The reaction was stirred at 40° C. overnight. The mixture was poured into H2O and extracted (3×) with CH2Cl2, dried using anhydrous MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo. Column chromatography, silica gel (CH2Cl2) afforded 4-(4-trimethylsilanylethynyl-phenylethynyl)-phenylamine as a yellow solid (0.64 g). Following the general deprotection of TMS-protected alkynes, 4-(4-trimethylsilanylethynyl-phenylethynyl)-phenylamine (0.64 g, 2.21 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture of CH2Cl2 (15 mL), MeOH (15 mL), and K2CO3 (1.53 g, 11.05 mmol). The product 6, was afforded without additional purification as an orange solid (0.47 g, 87%, 2 steps). 1H NMR (400 MHz, (CD3)2CO) δ 7.45 (m, 4H), 7.25 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 6.68 (d, J=6.7 Hz, 2H), 5.09 (s, 2H), 3.77 (s, 1H).

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