Diisopropylamine → methyl (E)-[2-methyl-4-[3-[4-[(5-methylthiophen-2-yl)ethynyl]phenyl]-3-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)allyloxy]phenoxy]acetate

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2-Ethynyl-5-methylthiophene (161 mg, 1.32 mmol) and diisopropylamine (0.43 mL, 3.10 mmol) were added to a solution of methyl (Z)-[4-[3-(4-iodophenyl)-3-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)allyloxy]-2-methylphenoxy]acetate (384 mg, 0.659 mmol; example 4) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL). The mixture was degassed and copper(I) iodide (10 mg, 0.053 mmol) and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) dichloride (23 mg, 0.033 mmol) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 19 h and subsequently evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel Fluka 60, hexanes/ethyl acetate 15:1-12:1) yielding methyl (E)-[2-methyl-4-[3-[4-[(5-methylthiophen-2-yl)ethynyl]phenyl]-3-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)allyloxy]phenoxy]acetate as brown oil.

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