Ethyl Acrylate → Ethyl (E)-3-(2-chloropyrimidin-5-yl)acrylate

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To a mixture of 2-chloro-5-iodopyrimidine (7.62 g), palladium(II) acetate (356 mg), tri(o-tolyl)phosphine (965 mg), and DMF (32 mL) was added ethyl acrylate (17.2 mL) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (13.8 mL). After stirring for 3 hours at 100° C., the reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and H2O. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel to give ethyl (2E)-3-(2-chloro-5-pyrimidinyl)acrylate (2.32 g).

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