[F:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4](B2OCC(C)(C)CO2)[CH:5]=[C:6]([N+:8]([O-:10])=[O:9])[CH:7]=1.Br[C:20]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][CH:25]=[CH:24][C:21]=1[C:22]#[N:23]>COCCOC.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+]>[F:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([C:20]2[C:21]([C:22]#[N:23])=[CH:24][CH:25]=[CH:26][CH:27]=2)[CH:5]=[C:6]([N+:8]([O-:10])=[O:9])[CH:7]=1A mixture of 2-(3-fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborinane (15 g, 59 mmol) and 2-bromobenzonitrile (12.4 g, 68.2 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (125 mL) and 2 M aqueous sodium carbonate (50 mL) was degassed with nitrogen for 30 min then treated with tetrakis-(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (2.06 g, 1.8 mmol). The reaction was then heated at 90° C. for 16 h, cooled to ambient temperature and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organics were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and pre-adsorbed onto silica gel. Purification by dry flash chromatography on silica gel, eluting with isohexane (containing 1% methanol) on a gradient of ethyl acetate (10-40%) afforded 3′-fluoro-5′-nitrobiphenyl-2-carbonitrile as a cream-coloured solid (10.3 g, 72%): δH (400 MHz, CDCl3) 7.54-7.61 (2H, m), 7.65 (1H, ddd, J 8, 2 and 2), 7.74 (1H, ddd, J 8, 8 and 2), 7.84 (1H, dd, J 8 and 2), 8.03 (1H, ddd, J 8, 8 and 2), 8.22-8.24 (1H, m).
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