Triethylamine → 2-Methoxy-4-nitro-1-(phenylethynyl)benzene

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To a mixture of triethylamine (60 mL) and tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) were added 1-iodo-2-methoxy-4-nitrobenzene (10 g, 35.8 mmol) and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (II) chloride (0.503 g, 0.717 mmol). Phenylacetylene (4.48 g, 43.0 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture and the mixture was stirred for 5 minutes. Copper iodide (0.068 g, 0.358 mmol) was added, and the reaction mixture was stirred and purged with nitrogen for 10 minutes. The reaction flask was sealed and stirred for 2 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was treated with 200 mL of dichloromethane, washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo leaving a solid. The crude solid was recrystallized from absolute ethanol. The solid was collected by filtration and washed with cold ethanol and dried in vacuo to give the title compound as a tan solid (8.87 g, 98%).

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