The round-bottom flask was charged with 4-[(4-bromophenyl)(cycloheptylidene)methyl]phenol (9) (0.100 g, 0.28 mmol), PdCl2(PPh3)2, (0.020 g, 0.028 mmol), 2-furanylboronic acid (0.063 g, 0.56 mmol), aqueous 2 M Na2CO3, (0.06 g, 0.56 mmol), and THF/H2O mixture (4:1, 5 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was refluxed for 10 h. Reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with Et2O (10 mL) and filtered. The filtrate was diluted with EtOAc (30 mL), washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude product. The product was purified by silica gel chromatography using hexanes: EtOAc (19:1 to 4:1) as an eluent to give 0.0.42 g (44%) of compound 202 as a white solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 9.28 (s, 1H), 7.70 (br s, 1H), 7.59 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 7.12 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 6.91 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 6.86 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 6.66 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 6.55 (br s, 1H), 2.37 (br s, 4H), 1.62 (br s, 8H). LCMS (ESI): m/z 343 (M−H)−.
