Triethylamine → 4-[1-Ethyl-1-(3-methyl-4-trimethylsilanylethynyl-phenyl)-propyl]-2-methyl-phenol

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Triethylamine (25.1 mL, 180.09 mmol), ethynyltrimethylsilane (25.5 mL, 180.09 mmol), CuI (1.143 g, 6.00 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (6.93 g, 6.00 mmol) were added to a solution of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid 4-[1-ethyl-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methyl-phenyl)-propyl]-2-methyl-phenyl ester (Example 1-(1); 25 g, 60.03 mmol) in acetonitrile (300 mL) at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred at 110° C. for 18 hours and concentrated under reduced pressure. Ethyl acetate and water were added to the residue, and a 1 N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution was added to adjust the pH to about 7. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by a silica gel column (hexane/ethyl acetate=15/1) to give the title compound (16 g, 74%).

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