The sodium salt prepared from 2-tridecyn-1-ol (I) and sodium hydride in THF was O-alkylated with 4-bromobenzyl bromide to afford ether (II). Then, 2-(carboethoxy)ethylzinc iodide (IV), (obtained from ethyl 3-iodopropanoate (III) and an excess of zinc-copper couple), was condensed with this bromoether (II) in the presence of a triphenylphosphine palladium (0) catalyst in a refluxing mixture of toluene and N,N-dimethyl acetamide. Finally, the resulting 3-(phenyl)propanoic ester (V) was hydrolyzed with NaOH in methanol-water.