Triethylamine → benzyl 5-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)pent-4-ynoate

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Add bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride (0.14 g; 0.1 equiv; 0.20 mmoles) and copper(I) iodide (0.039 mg; 0.1 equiv; 0.20 mmoles) to a deoxygenated solution of 4-iodo-1H-imidazole (0.388 g; 1.0 equiv; 2.00 mmoles), benzyl pent-4-ynoate (0.376 g; 1.0 equiv; 2.00 mmoles), and triethylamine (0.84 mL; 3 equiv; 6.0 mmoles) in dimethylformamide (8 mL). Heat the mixture to 75° C. for 16 hours, then dilute the mixture with water (30 mL) and extract 3× with ethyl acetate. Wash the combined organic extracts with brine, dry over magnesium sulfate, filter, and concentrate to provide the crude product. Purify the crude product by column chromatography (0 to 10% methanol in dichloromethane) to afford benzyl 5-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)pent-4-ynoate (0.35 g; 69%) as a colorless oil: MS (m/z): 255(M+1).

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