In a 1 L 3-neck RBF equipped with magnetic stir bar, condenser, thermocouple, and N2 inlet, crude D1 (30 g, 0.124 mol) was dissolved into 300 mL of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (DME). To this was added a solution of Na2CO3 (21 g, 0.2 mol in 200 mL of H2O) followed by addition of 4-methoxyphenyl boronic acid (22 g, 0.145 mol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (1.2 g, 8.3 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated in a 85° C. oil bath, under N2, for 2 h and then cool to room temp. To this was added 200 mL of EtOAc and the mixture stirred for 5 min. The organic layer was separated and washed with H2O (200 mL) and brine (200 mL). The organic layer was dried over MgSO4 and then concentrated to dryness to give 53 g of crude product. This material was subjected to silica gel chromatography using 210 g of silica gel and EtOAc/hepatene (12:88 to 30:70 to 50:50 to 70:30; total of 8 L mobile phase). Fractions containing pure product were combined and concentrated to dryness to give 42.7 g of pure product in approximately quantitative yield. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.38 (s, 3H), 3.73 (d, 1H), 3.85 (s, 3H), 4.75 (d, 1H), 6.9 (m, 2H), 7.31 (m, 2H), 7.48-7.58 (m, 3H).
