Trimethylsilylacetylene → 2,2,4,4-Tetramethyl-7-trimethylsilylethynyl-chroman

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A solution of 2 g (7.4 mmol) of 2,2,4,4 tetramethyl-7-bromochroman (Compound 42) and 3.63 g (37.0 mmol) of trimethylsilylacetylene in 5 ml of triethylamine was placed in a heavy walled glass tube and degassed under nitrogen. The mixture was then treated, under nitrogen, with 130 mg (0.6826 mmol) of cuprous iodide and 260 mg (0.3704 mmol) of bis (triphenyl phosphine) palladium (II) chloride. The reaction mixture was degassed again and placed under nitrogen and the tube was sealed. The mixture was heated to 60 degrees C. for 24 hours and then cooled to room temperature and filtered through celite. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue purified by flash column chromatography (silica; 2% ethyl acetate/hexane) to give the title compound as a pale yellow solid.

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