Methyl Acrylate → (E)-methyl 3-(4-((6-methoxybenzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)oxy)phenyl)acrylate

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To a solution of 3-(4-bromophenoxy)-6-methoxybenzo[b]thiophene (125 g, 373 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (13.09 g, 18.64 mmol) in DMF (2500 mL) and diisopropyl ethylamine (326 mL, 1864 mmol) at room temperature was added (subsurface) methyl acrylate (845 mL, 9322 mmol) over 3-4 hours. As the addition started, the reaction was heated at 120° C. for 13 hours. Methyl acrylate (150 mL, 1654.8 mmol) was added (subsurface). The reaction was heated at 120° C. for 1 hour. The mixture was cooled to RT. Excess methyl acrylate and diisopropyl ethylamine were remove in vacuo. The resulting mixture was filtered through celite pad and the cake was washed with EtOAc (2000 mL). The resulting mixture was washed with water (2×), dried with anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The crude material was purified by column chromatography (SiO2, 5% to 500/(EtOAc/Heptane) to afford (E)-methyl 3-(4-((6-methoxybenzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)oxy)phenyl)acrylate (81 g, 238 mmol, 64% yield) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm=1.46 (s, 3 H), 3.73 (s, 3 H), 6.28 (d, J=16.17 Hz, 1 H), 6.59 (s, 1 H), 6.90 (dd, J=8.59, 2.02 Hz, 1 H), 7.00 (d, J=8.59 Hz, 2 H), 7.21 (d, J=2.02 Hz, 1 H), 7.37-7.48 (m, 3 H), 7.59 (d, J=16.17 Hz, 1 H), LC/MS (m/z. MH+): 341.1.

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