2.10 g (7.50 mmol) of 2-fluoro-6-octyloxypyridine-3-boronic acid (prepared as described in Example 5) in 35 ml of ethanol are refluxed together with 2.70 g (7.50 mmol) of 4-bromo-4'-octyloxybiphenyl and 0.29 g (0.24 mmol) of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium in 46 ml of benzene and 2.5 g (23.40 mmol) of sodium carbonate in 11 ml of water for 20 hours. After distributing the reaction mixture between water and dichloromethane, the organic phase is washed with sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. Purification of the residue by chromatography (silica gel, dichloromethane) and recrystallization from acetonitrile give 0.50 g of 2-fluoro-6-octyloxy-3-[4-(4-octyloxyphenyl)phenyl]pyridine. ##STR32##
