Phthalimide → 2-[4-(4-Chlorophenyl)but-3-yn-2-yl]-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione

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To a solution of 4-(4-chloro-phenyl)-but-3-yn-2-ol (3 g, 16.6 mmol), phthalimide (3.7 g, 25.2 mmol, 1.5 eq.) and PPh3 (4.8 g, 18.3 mmol, 1.1 eq.) in 100 mL of THF cooled to 0° C. with an ice bath was added dropwise DEAD (i.e., diethyl azodicarboxylate) (3.1 mL, 19.9 mmol, 1.2 eq.). The ice-bath was removed and the mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. The THF was evaporated and the residue was stirred with 200 mL of 1:1 ether-hexane mixture for 1 hr. The precipitate was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated and chromatographed with 15% ethyl acetate-hexane to provide 4.1 g of 2-[3-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1-methyl-prop-2-ynyl]-isoindole-1,3-dione.

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