Trimethylsilylacetylene → ((4-(tert-Butyl)phenyl)ethynyl)trimethylsilane

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A stirred mixture of 3.05 g (14. 31 mmol) of 4-tert-butyl-bromobenzene (Compound 20), 1.41 g (14.39 mmol) of trimethylsilylacetylene (Compound 16), 139 mg (0.13 mmol) of cuprous iodide, 293 mg (0.42 mmol) of bis(triphenyophosphine) palladium (II) chloride and 3 ml of triethylamine was flushed with nitrogen and then heated under nitrogen at 65-70 degrees C. for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for a further 4 hours and the triethylamine then removed under vacuum. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (silica; hexanes) to give the title compound as a colorless oil. PMR (CDCl3): & 0.26 (9H, s), 1.31 (9H, s), 7.32 (2H, d, J~8.2 Hz), 7.42 (2H, d, J~8.2 HZ).

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