Tetrahydrofuran → 2-Propenoic acid, 3-(3-iodophenyl)-, ethyl ester

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A stirred, cooled (−78° C.) solution of triethylphosphonoacetate (11.44 g, 51 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (100 mL) was treated with a 1.6M solution of n-butyl lithium in hexanes (30 mL, 48 mmol). After 10 min, the reaction mixture was cannulated into a cooled (−78° C.) solution of 4-iodo-benzaldehyde (3.7 g, 16 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to 0° C. over 1 h. It was quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and extracted with diethyl ether (×2). The combined organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to afford an oil that was subjected to flash column chromatography over silica gel (230-400 mesh) using 8-10% ethyl acetate in hexane as the eluent to afford the title compound (4.6 g, 95%).

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