Dimethylformamide → (S)-ethyl 2-tert-butoxy-2-(6-cyano-3-methyl-1-(trifluoromethylsulfonyloxy)naphthalen-2-yl)acetate

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A mixture of (S)-ethyl 2-tert-butoxy-2-(6-chloro-3-methyl-1-(trifluoromethylsulfonyloxy)naphthalen-2-yl)acetate (0.546 g, 1.13 mmol), zinc(II) cyanide (0.080 g, 0.678 mmol), XPhos Palladacycle (Strem, 0.083 g, 0.113 mmol) and sodium bicarbonate (0.009 g, 0.113 mmol) in DMF (3.0 mL) was sparged with nitrogen for 5 minutes. The reaction mixture was heated in microwave at 110° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with 5% lithium chloride solution (2×), brine and dried (MgSO4) and filtered. Concentration and purification by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 0 to 10% ethyl acetate/hexanes) gave the title compound. NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.19 (s, H), 8.13 (d, J=8.8 Hz, H), 7.74 (s, H), 7.71 (d, J=8.8 Hz, H), 5.73 (s, H), 4.27-4.09 (m, 2H), 2.59 (s, 3H), 1.21 (s, 9H), 1.17 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 2H).

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