Acetonitrile → 1-(6-Phenylpyridin-3-yl)ethanone

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5-acetyl-2-bromopyridine 38 (0.656 g, 3.28 mmol), phenylboronic acid (0.800 g, 6.56 mmol), Na2CO3 (0.243 g, 2.29 mmol), Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (0.115 g, 0.16 mmol, 5% Pd), acetonitrile (26 mL) and H2O (26 mL) were added to 50 mL screw cap pressure vessel. The mixture was stirred, degassed by purging with argon for 15 min, sealed and placed in an 80° C. oil bath for 14 h (overnight). The dark colored mixture was cooled and extracted with ether. The organic layer was filtered through a pad of celite, rinsed with ether, washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue purified by flash column chromatography (SiO2, 20 g, 5% EtOAc/hexanes) to afford the coupled ketone 40 as a white solid (0.33 g, 52%): TLC Rf=0.4 (25% EtOAc/hexanes); mp 124.9126.2° C.; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.22 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 8.28 (dd, J=8.3, 2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.10-7.99 (m, 2H), 7.83 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.55-7.40 (m, 3H), 2.65 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 196.6, 161.1, 150.2, 138.2, 136.7, 130.9, 130.4, 129.2, 127.6, 120.4, 26.9; IR (neat cm−1) 3062, 2999, 2960, 2322, 1673, 1557, 1382, 1016, 736; HRMS (DART, M++H) m/z 198.0906 (calculated for C13H12NO, 198.0919).

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