Triethylamine → HCID 58227416, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a round bottom flask was added 2-bromo-5-formylthiazole (3.83 g, 19.9 mmol, purchased from Frontier Scientific, Inc.), THF (100 mL) and triethylamine (20 mL). To the solution was successively added CuI (228 mg, 1.20 mmol), PdCl2(PPh3)2 (420 mg, 0.60 mmol) and a solution of phenylacetylene (2.24 g, 21.9 mmol) in THF (20 mL) over a period of about 5 minutes. The reaction was then stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. The volatiles were removed under reduced pressure, the residue transferred to a 1.0-L separatory funnel with EtOAc (200 mL) and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate (300 mL) and extracted. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted again with EtOAc (2×100 mL). The combined organic layers were then washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with a gradient ranging from 5% to 50% EtOAc in hexanes to afford the titled compound, 2-phenylethynyl-thiazole-5-carbaldehyde, (3.94 g, 93%) as an orange solid.

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