Potassium Carbonate → 4-Fluoro-3-(pyridin-3-yl)aniline

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A mixture of 3-bromo-4-fluorophenylamine (7.92 g, 41.7 mmol), diethyl(3-pyridyl)borane (6.74 g, 45.9 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.96 g, 0.83 mmol) and potassium carbonate (17.26 g, 125 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (30 mL) and water (15 mL) was heated at 80° C. for 20 h. After cooling to ambient temperature the reaction was partitioned between ethyl acetate (500 mL) and water (500 mL). The organics were washed with brine (400 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. Purification of the residue by flash chromatography on silica gel, eluting with dichloromethane on a gradient of ethyl acetate (0%-20%) gave 4-fluoro-3-(pyridin-3-yl)phenylamine (3.64 g, 46%) as a colourless oil that solidified on standing to afford a white solid: δH (360 MHz, CDCl3) 3.65 (2H, s), 6.65-6.72 (2H, m), 6.99 (1H, dd, J 9 and 9), 7.33-7.37 (1H, m), 7.84-7.86 (1H, m), 8.58 (1H, d, J 4), 8.76 (1H, m).

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