After tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (0) (110 mg, 0.12 mmol), tri-o-tolylphosphine (61 mg, 0.2 mmol) and 2N aqueous sodium carbonate solution (4 ml) were added to a solution of 4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)phenol (0.8 g, 3.65 mmol) and ethyl (5-bromo-2-thienyl)acetate (1.00 g, 4.01 mmol) which was synthesized according to the method described in literature (Jackson, P. M. et al., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1990, vol. 11, pp. 2909-2918) in a mixture of toluene-ethanol (5:1, 24 ml), the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 3 hours. After water was poured into the reaction mixture and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was successively washed with water and a saturated aqueous NaCl solution and dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate. The residue obtained by removing the solvent under reduced pressure was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: n-hexane/ethyl acetate=3/1) to give ethyl [5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-thienyl]acetate (0.73 g, yield: 77%).
