Triphenylphosphine → Methyl phenylglyoxalate

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As in Example 15, (E)-3-[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(1-methylethyl)- 1H-indol-2-yl]-2-propen-1-ol (1.0 g) was reacted with 4-hydroxyphenylglyoxylic acid methyl ester (0.585 g) in the presence of diethyl azodicarboxylate (0.71 g) and triphenylphosphine (1.06 g) in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL). The crude reaction product, isolated in the usual manner, was purified by flash chromatography over silica gel (130 g; ethyl acetate-hexane; 1:4) to furnish 0.61 g of (E)-4-[3-[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(1-methylethyl)-1H-indol-2-yl]-2-yl]-2-propenyloxy]-alpha-oxobenzeneacetic acid methyl ester as a yellow oil. A portion (0.2 g) was rechromatographed over silica gel (diethyl ether-hexane; 1:19) to furnish 0.225 g of the analytically pure ester as an oil.

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