Methyl Acrylate → N-Methyl-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-4-(2-(methoxycarbonyl)ethenyl)phenylsulfonamid

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A mixture of N-methyl-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)-4-bromophenylsulfonamide (1.68 g, 4.54 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (20 mg, 0.091 mmol), tri-o-tolylphosphine (55 mg, 0.18 mmol), triethylamine (1.25 mL), acetonitrile (2.5 mL) and methyl acrylate (0.83 mL, 9.08 mmol) were placed in a stainless steel bomb and heated to about 120° C. for 4 hours. The mixture was cooled to 0° C., the bomb was vented, and the solid reaction mixture was collected, washed with ether and dried to afford 2.1 g of crude product which was used directly in the next step without further purification.

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