Toluene → Ethyl 2-[2,6-bis(methoxymethoxy)-3-methyl-phenyl]prop-2-enoate

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (8.78 g, 24.6 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) at 0° C. KHMDS 0.5M solution in toluene (44.22 ml, 22.11 mmol) was slowly added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 15 minutes at 0° C. and for 45 minutes at room temperature. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. and it was slowly added to a solution of ethyl 2-[2,6-bis(methoxymethoxy)-3-methyl-phenyl]-2-oxo-acetate (Intermediate 151, 4.6 g, 14.74 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (25 mL) at 0° C. and the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 0° C. The reaction was quenched with water (50 ml), diluted with brine (50 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 ml). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (Biotage system) on silica gel using a 100 g SNAP column and cyclohexane to cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 8:2 as eluents affording the title compound (3.8 g) as a colourless oil.

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