Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 3-t-butyl-5-cyano-4-methoxybenzoate

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Methyl 3-t-butyl-5-iodo-4-methoxybenzoate (2.77 g) was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (30 mL), and copper cyanide (965 mg) was added to the solution, and then the mixture was stirred at 150° C. for 2.5 hours. To the reaction solution, 10% potassium carbonate was added, and then the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and saturated brine, and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure and the obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=3:1) to obtain the title compound (1.48 g) as a yellow oily substance.

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