Triethylamine → 3-(4-Hydroxymethylphenyl)acrylic acid ethyl ester

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4-Bromobenzyl alcohol (10.5 g, 56.1 mmol), triphenylphosphine (0.5 g, 1.9 mmol) and palladium acetate (0.5 g, 2.2 mmol) were stirred at reflux in ethyl acrylate (20 mL) and triethylamine (100 mL) for 72 hours, then allowed to cool. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite (Diatomaceous Earth), then concentrated. The crude solid was purified by chromatography on silica gel (20% v/v ethyl acetate in petroleum ether) to afford the title compound as an oil.

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