Cesium carbonate → HCID 86695816, compound

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Procedure adopted from Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 2519. A thick-walled glass reaction vessel was charged with palladium(II)acetate (157 mg, 0.698 mmol), X-Phos (332 mg, 0.698 mmol, 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl), cesium carbonate (4.55 g, 13.96 mmol) and 5:1 (v/v) toluene:t-BuOH (20 mL). The stirred contents were purged with nitrogen and a solution of 4-piperidone ethylene ketal (1.80 mL, 13.96 mmol) and methyl-4-bromobenzoate (3.30 g, 15.36 mmol) in 5:1 (v/v) toluene:t-BuOH (100 mL) was added. After stirring for 2 minutes, the vessel was sealed and the reaction mixture was heated at 120° C. for 18 hours. Upon cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was filtered through celite and the filtrate was concentrated. Elution through a flash column (silica gel 60, 230-400 mesh, 3:2 hexanes:EtOAc) gave the title compound as an off-white, crystalline solid (3.20 g, 83%).

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