Potassium Carbonate → 3-Bromo-2-methoxy-1,1'-biphenyl

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A mixture of phenylboronic acid (3.4 g, 28.7 mmol), 2,6-dibromoanisole (22.3 g, 83.8 mmol, 3 equiv.) and palladium tetrakistriphenylphosphine (0.6 g) in ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (50 mL) and a solution of potassium carbonate (10.8 g, 0.078 mol) in water (50 mL) were kept at reflux under nitrogen with good stirring overnight. After cooling, the reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate (800 mL) and water (400 mL). The organic phase was washed with water (2×400 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and filtered. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was chromatographed on silica (360 g) with heptane (5 L) to afford 6.55 g of pure product (87%).

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