Diisopropylamine → Ethyl 4-((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)benzoate

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A mixture of ethyl 4-bromobenzoate (1.5 g, 6.55 mmol), ethynyl trimethylsilane (965 mg, 9.82 mmol), diisopropylamine (1.39 g, 13.7 mmol), cuprous iodide(25 mg, 0.131 mmol), and bis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(II) chloride (184 mg, 0.262 mmol) was heated at 45° C. for 4 h in dry THF (10 ml) under argon atmosphere. The reaction was quenched by the addition of water, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=100/1) to give ethyl 4-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzoate (73%).

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