Tributylphosphine → (4-{(e)-3-[4-(3-Dimethylamino-prop-1-ynyl)-phenyl]-3-phenyl-allyloxy}-2-methyl-phenoxy)-acetic acid methyl ester

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To a solution of the above alcohol (291 mg, 0.999 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (30 mL) was added tributylphosphine (0.27 ml, 1.5 mmol). The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and added 1,1′-(azodicarbonyl)dipiperidine (377.5 mg, 1.5 mmol), and after 10 min (4-Hydroxy-2-methyl-phenoxy)-acetic acid methyl ester (2151 mg, 1.1 mmol) was added. After 1.5 hr at 0° C. the reaction was allowed to warm up to ambient temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was added silica gel Fluka 60 (10 g) and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by ISCO combiflash 16 (silica gel, hexane/ethyl acetate 85:15) yielding (4-{(E)-3-[4-(3-dimethylamino-prop-1-ynyl)-phenyl]-3-phenyl-allyloxy}-2-methyl-phenoxy)-acetic acid methyl ester as an oil.

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