Potassium Carbonate → 2-Methyl-2-(4-vinylphenyl)propanoic acid

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2-(4-Bromophenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid (30 g), PPh3 (5.0 g), potassium vinyltrifluoroborate (24.8 g), potassium carbonate (51.2 g), and palladium acetate (1.43 g) were dissolved in 1-propanol (198 ml) and distilled water (99 ml). After deaeration, the mixture was stirred under reflux for 6 hrs under nitrogen atmosphere. Insoluble matters were removed by filtration and washed with 1-propanol (210 ml). The filtrate was then concentrated under reduced pressure. Concentrated residues were partitioned between CPME (300 ml) and distilled water (150 ml, comprising 4.17 ml of ethylenediamine) The organic layer was removed and the aqueous layer was adjusted to pH 5 by using 2 N hydrochloric acid. The aqueous layer was extracted with a mixture of isopropyl acetate (240 ml) and heptane (240 ml). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. Ethanol (300 ml) was added thereto for suspending and washing the resultant. The solid was removed by Celite filtration, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (21.7 g, 93%).

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