[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:10]2[CH2:14][NH:13][C:12](=[O:15])[CH2:11]2)[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[O:8][CH3:9].[Cl:16][C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][C:20](B(O)O)=[CH:19][CH:18]=1.C(N(CC)CC)C>C([O-])(=O)C.[Cu+2].C([O-])(=O)C.ClCCl>[Cl:16][C:17]1[CH:22]=[CH:21][C:20]([O:1][C:2]2[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:10]3[CH2:14][NH:13][C:12](=[O:15])[CH2:11]3)[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=2[O:8][CH3:9])=[CH:19][CH:18]=1A mixture of 4-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-pyrrolidone (63 mg, 0.3 mmol), 4-chlorophenylboronic acid (61 mg, 0.45 mmol), copper (II) acetate (54 mg, 0.3 mmol), triethylamine (152 mg, 1.5 mmol), dichloromethane (3 ml) and small amount of molecular sieves is allowed to stir at ambient temperature. After 18 hours, the mixture is filtered over celite and the filtrate is concentrated under vacuum. The resulting residue is dissolved in 30 ml of ethyl acetate and washed successively with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and brine. Purification by flash column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane 1:1 to methanol/dichloromethane 3:97) gives 26 mg (27%) of 4-(3-(4-chlorophenyloxy)-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-pyrrolidone: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.24 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 2H), 7.03 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 6.95 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 6.87 (s, 1H), 6.83 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 2H), 5.83 (b, 1H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.72 (t, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 3.65-3.62 (m, 1H), 3.34 (t, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 2.68 (dd, J=16.8, 8.8 Hz, 1H), 2.41 (dd, J=16.8, 9.2 Hz, 1H).
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