Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → Methyl 3-ethynyl-4-methylbenzoate

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To the solution of methyl 4-methyl-3-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzoate (2.3 g) in THF (40 ml) was added tetrabutylammonium fluoride (1.0M in THF, 3.2 ml, 11 mmol) at ambient temperature and stirred for 15 minutes, concentrated and the residue purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (elution with 2% ethyl acetate in n-hexane) to provide methyl 3-ethynyl-4-methylbenzoate.

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