Potassium Carbonate → 4-Methoxy-5-methyl-2-vinyl-pyridine

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To a solution of 2-chloro-4-methoxy-5-methyl-pyridine (2.91 g, 18.5 mmol) in DME (75 mL), 2,4,6-trivinylcyclotriboroxane pyridine complex (3.13 g, 13.0 mmol) followed by 2 M aq. K2CO3 solution (25 mL) is added. The mixture is degassed and put under argon before Pd(PPh3)4 (384 mg, 0.332 mmol) is added. The mixture is stirred at 80° C. for 15 h before it is cooled to rt, diluted with water and extracted with diethyl ether. The org. extract is washed with sat. aq. NaHCO3 solution, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude product is purified by CC on silica gel eluting with heptane:EA 4:1 to give 4-methoxy-5-methyl-2-vinyl-pyridine (1.22 g) as a white solid; LC-MS: tR=0.52 min, [M+1]+=150.08.

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