Ethyl Acetate → Ethyl 2-(3-vinylphenyl)acetate

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To a mixture of ethyl 2-(3-bromophenyl)acetate (1.5 g, 6.1 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (15 mL) was added tributyl(vinyl)stannane (2.1 mL, 7.4 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium (400 mg, 0.5 mmol) under nitrogen atmosphere. The resulting mixture was stirred at 110° C. for 8 hours. Followed a standard aqueous/EtOAc workup. Purified by silica gel column chromatography (petroleum: ether/ethyl acetate=15:1) (640 mg, yield 54%).

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