Water → (Z)-ethyl 3-(2-methylquinolin-8-yl)but-2-enoate

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A solution of 8-bromo-2-methylquinoline (2.00 g, 9.01 mmol), (E)-ethyl but-2-enoate (3.36 mL, 27.0 mmol), N-cyclohexyl-N-methylcyclohexanamine (5.79 mL, 27.0 mmol), and Pd(PtBu3)2 (0.23 g, 0.45 mmol) in dioxane (10 mL) was stirred at reflux for 20 hours. After cooling to ambient temperature, water (20 mL) and ethyl acetate (30 mL) were added. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried (sodium sulfate), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by C-18 reverse phase flash chromatography (Biotage SP4 unit, C-18 40M column, 0-100% CH3CN/water gradient; 30 column volumes) to give (Z)-ethyl 3-(2-methylquinolin-8-yl)but-2-enoate (0.81 g, 35.2%) as a solid.

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