2-(4-Bromophenyl)ethanol → 2-{2-[4-(2-Hydroxy-ethyl)phenyl]-vinyl}-isoindole-1,3-dione

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To a solution of 2-(4-bromophenyl)ethanol (48.3 g) in acetonitrile (480 mL) was added diisopropylethylamine (46.6 g), N-vinylphthalimide (43.7 g) and tri-o-tolylphosphine (7.31 g) and the mixture was purged with nitrogen gas three times. Palladium acetate (2.7 g) was added and the mixture was stirred at 90° C. for 21 hr under nitrogen. The reaction was cooled and the precipitated product collected by filtration. The resulting solid was re-dissolved in dichloromethane and ethyl acetate and filtered through silica gel. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound, 24 g.

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