Triethylamine → 2-Methyl-2-vinyl-1-tetralone

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An oven dried Schlenk tube equipped with a rubber septum was purged with argon. The septum was removed, and the tube was charged with palladium acetate (5.6 mg, 0.025 mmol, 5 mol %) and (−)-2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)-2′-(dimethylamino)-1,1′-binaphthyl (13.6 mg, 0.028 mmol 5.5 mol %). The tube was capped with the septum, purged with argon, and toluene (2 mL) and triethylamine (5 mg, 0.05 mmol) were added through the septum. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 min, then vinyl bromide (1.0 mL 1.0 mmol) and 2-methyl-1-tetralone (81 mg, 0.5 mmol) were added through the septum. The septum was removed and sodium t-butoxide (96 mg, 1.0 mmol) was added. The tube was capped with the septum and purged with argon. Additional toluene (4 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. The mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (5 mL), diluted with ether (20 mL), and poured into a separatory funnel. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with ether (20 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (20 mL), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude material was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel to afford 83 mg (88%) of title compound. The ee was 9 determined to be 79% by chiral HPLC analysis.

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