Toluene → Ethyl 4-(3-oxopropyl)benzoate

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Ethyl 4-iodobenzoate (200 g, 0.725 mol) and allyl alcohol (63 g, 1.087 mol) are added to a stirred suspension of Sodium bicarbonate (152 g, 1.812 mol), tetrabutyl-ammounium bromide (117 g, 0.362 mol) and Palladium (II) acetate (3.2 g, 0.014 mol) in DMF (600 mL). The reaction mixture is warmed to 75-80° C. for 3-3.5 hours and cooled to 40° C.-50° C. Toluene (1 L) is added to the reaction mixture with vigorous agitation and the mixture is stirred for 15 min at room temperature. The resulting mixture is filtered through a celite pad. The pad is washed with toluene (2×200 mL). The filtrate and wash are combined, washed with water (3×1 L), evaporated to constant weight at 30° C.-40° C. and 10 mmHg. The crude product 147.5 g (98.8%, 84% by HPLC) of 4-(3-Oxo-propyl)-benzoic acid ethyl ester as dark brown oil is obtained and can be used in the next step without further purification. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): δ1.38(t, 3H), 2.81(t, 2H), 3.03(t, 2H), 4.39(q, 2H), 7.27(d, 2H), 7.98(d, 2H), 9.81 (s, 1H).

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