Triethylamine → benzyl (2E)-2-(acetylamino)-3-(4-amino-3-ethylphenyl)-2-propenoate

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To benzyl 2-(acetylamino)acrylate (80.0 mmol) in acetonitrile (200 mL) was added Pd(OAc)2 (488 mg, 2.18 mmol), (o-Tol)3P (1.32 g, 4.35 mmol), Et3N (20 mL) followed by addition of 4-bromo-2-ethylaniline (14.5 g, 72.5 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to reflux overnight, concentrated under reduce pressure, taken up in ethyl acetate, washed with aqueous NaHCO3, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was precipitated from ethyl acetate/hexane to provide the titled compound (6.3 g). The filtrate was precipitated a second time to provide and additional 5 g of the titled compound. MS (ESI(+)) m/e 339 (M+H)+; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 9.31 (s, 1H), 7.40-7.20 (m, 8H), 6.59 (d, 1H), 5.52 (s, 2H), 5.16 (s, 2H), 2.42 (q, 2H), 1.98 (s, 3H), 1.13 (t, 3H).

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