Triethylamine → Ethyl 3-(pyrimidin-5-yl)prop-2-enoate

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A mixture of 5-bromopyrimidine (5.93 g), ethyl acrylate (5.08 g), palladium acetate (0.112 g), triphenyl phosphine (0.23 g) and triethylamine (4.5 g) was stirred at 150° C. in a pressure vessel for 6 hours. After cooling overnight, water (50 ml) was added to the dark residue, and the product was extracted into toluene. Drying, charcoaling and evaporation gave a pale oil, which was triturated with pet, ether to obtain ethyl 3-(5-pyrimidyl)acrylate (4.78 g). 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.36 (3H, t), 4.27 (2H, q), 6.59 (1H, d), 7.62 (1H, d), 8.88 (2H, s), 9.20 (1H, s).

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