Potassium Carbonate → 2-(3-Ethynyl-phenyl)-2-methyl-propionic acid ethyl ester

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A solution of 2-methyl-2-(3-trimethylsilanylethynyl-phenyl)-propionic acid ethyl ester (Intermediate 131, 0.74 g, 2.56 mmol) in ethanol (10 mL) was treated with potassium carbonate (0.2 g, 1.45 mmol). The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. The volatiles were evaporated in vacuo and the residue was diluted with water and extracted with diethyl ether. The organic phase was washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to a residue that was subjected to flash column chromatography over silica gel (230–400 mesh) using 1–5% ethyl acetate in hexane as the eluent to afford the title product (0.4 g, 72%).

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