Trimethylsilylacetylene → 2-Bromo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-6-[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzenamine

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To a solution of 7.54 g of 2-bromo-6-iodo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-aniline (21 mmol) in 70 ml triethylamine were added 723 mg of Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (1 mmol), 196 mg of CuI (1 mmol) and 3.14 ml of ethinyltrimethylsilane (23 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h at rt before the triethylamine was removed under reduced pressure. Then DCM was added and the resulting suspension was filtered. The filtrate was then concentrated and the residue purified by chromatography (silica gel; c-hexane/EtOAc 19:1) to yield 6.51 g (94%) of 2-bromo-4-trifluoromethyl-6-trimethylsilanylethynyl-phenylamine as a dark brown liquid. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ 0.28 (s, 9H), 4.99 (br s, 2H), 7.51 (s, 1H), 7.61 (s, 1H).

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