Butyl vinyl ether → 5-(1-butoxy-vinyl)-4-methyl-3H-isobenzofuran-1-one

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To a 1 L 3-neck was charged trifluoromethanesulfonic acid 4-methyl-1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isobenzofuran-5-yl ester (63.0 g, 213 mmol), DMF (315 mL), butyl vinyl ether (138 mL, 1063 mmol) then Et3N (35.6 mL, 255 mmol). The solution was sparged with N2 for 20 min. To the solution was added Pd(OAc)2 (1.19 g., 5.32 mmol) and DPPP (2.41 g., 5.85 mmol) and sparged for an additional 10 min then heated to 80° C. After a 1 hr age, the solution was cooled to <10° C. then quenched with 630 mL EtOAc and washed with 5% NH4Cl (2×315 mL), 10% brine (2×315 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered, concentrated by rotary evaporation and flushed with EtOAc (3×100 mL) to remove excess butyl vinyl ether, providing crude 5-(1-butoxy-vinyl)-4-methyl-3H-isobenzofuran-1-one.

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