“…The Sonogashira Procedure A was followed from 2-iodo- N -(4-methoxybenzyl)aniline (100 mg, 0.29 mmol) and 8b (0.174 mL, 1.18 mmol) at 60 °C (reaction time 16 h) to afford, after purification by flash-column chromatography (silica gel; solvent A, hexane; solvent B, EtOAc; gradient from 100:0 to 80:20 A/B), 52 mg (55%) of 9a as an oil. 1 H NMR (400.16 MHz, CDCl 3 ): δ 7.30 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.27 (dd, J = 7.5, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.12 (ddd, J = 7.7, 7.0, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 6.89 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 6.62 (td, J = 7.5, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 6.57 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 1H), 4.94 (t, J = 5.6 Hz, 1H), 4.34 (d, J = 5.6 Hz, 2H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 2.45 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.63–1.53 (m, 2H), 1.47–1.37 (m, 2H), 1.33–1.23 (m, 4H), 0.90 (t, J = 7.0 Hz 3H) ppm.…”