Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → 1,3,5-Trichloro-2-ethynylbenzene

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A reaction mixture of 5 g (10.8 mmol) of triphenyl-(2,4,6-trichlorophenylethynyl)silane and 4.2 g (16.2 mmol) of tetrabutylammonium fluoride in 50 mL of absolute THF is stirred for half an hour at ambient temperature and then evaporated down. The residue is taken up in diethyl ether and water and extracted. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate. The purification is carried out by column chromatography on silica gel (eluant: petroleum ether/toluene (9:1)). Yield: 0.46 g (20.7% of theory); Rf value: 0.6 (silica gel, petroleum ether/toluene (9:1)).

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