81 g of 2-bromo-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene (300 mmol), 93 g of 2-amino-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene (444 mmol), 5 g of DPPF (9 mmol), 2 g of palladium(II) acetate and 86 g of sodium tert-butoxide (486 mmol) are heated at the boil for 18 h in 1.5 l of toluene under a protective-gas atmosphere. The mixture is subsequently partitioned between toluene and water, the organic phase is washed three times with water, dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated in a rotary evaporator. The residue which remains is recrystallised from heptane/ethyl acetate. The yield is 93 g (231 mmol, 77%).
