Cesium fluoride → 1,4-Dimethyl-2-nitro-5-vinylbenzene

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Reaction Steps

To a microwave reaction vessel was added a mixture of 1-bromo-2,5-dimethyl-4-nitrobenzene (1.15 g, 5.0 mmol), dibutyl vinylboronate (1.16 g, 6.3 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4(289 mg, 0.25 mmol), CsF (2.28 g, 15 mmol) and a mixed solvent (1,2-dimethoxyethane/MeOH=2:1, 15 mL). The mixture was degassed and sealed with N2. The reaction vessel was then heated to 130° C. in a microwave reactor for 15 min. After opening the reaction vessel, the mixture was poured into saturated NH4Cl aqueous solution (30 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine and dried (MgSO4). After removing the drying agent by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated and purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 0-30% EtOAc in hexanes gradient) to provide 1,4-dimethyl-2-nitro-5-vinylbenzene as needlelike crystals; ESMS m/z 178.1 (M+H+).

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