3.35 g (10.00 mmol) of 2-fluoro-6-(4-octyloxyphenyl)pyridine-3-boronic acid in 45 ml of ethanol are refluxed together with 2.85 g (10.00 mmol) of 1-bromo-4-octyloxybenzene and 0.37 g (0.31 mmol) of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium in 60 ml of benzene and 3.18 g (30.00 mmol) of sodium carbonate in 12 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 2.5 g of 2-fluoro-3,6-di(4-octyloxyphenyl)pyridine. ##STR30##
