CCDC no.: 1536564The crystal structure is shown in the figure. Tables 1 and 2 contain details on crystal structure and measurement conditions and a list of the atoms including atomic coordinates and displacement parameters.
Source of materialTo ethynyl-3-methylbenzene (63.8 mg, 0.55 mmol) and ethyl 4-azido-3-oxobutanoate (85.5 mg, 0.5 mmol) in t-BuOH/H 2 O (5 mL, V/V = 1/1) were added CuSO4· 5H 2 O (26 µL, 1M, 5 mmol) and sodium ascorbate (9.9 mg, 10 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 12 h. After com- pletion monitoring by TLC, the mixture was charged with 1-buta-2,3-dien-1-one (79.3 mg, 0.55 mmol) and NaOH (40.0 mg, 1.0 mmol), stirred and heated at 80°C for 1.5h. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (3 × 15 mL), and the combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO4 and concentrated in vacuum. The resulting residue was purified by flash chromatography (SiO 2 ) using EtOAc/ petroleum ether (v/v = 1/5) as the solvent system to give the title compound (143.5 mg, 63%) as yellow solid. Single crystals were obtained by slow evaporation of its chloroform solution at room temperature.
Experimental detailsAll H atoms were placed in calculated positions and were included in the refinement in the riding model approximation, with U iso (H) set to 1.2Ueq(C) and to 1.5Ueq(C) for methyl groups. . Owing to its larger conjugated system, coplanarity, and capability of hydrogen