Benzene → tert-butyl 2-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenyl]ethylcarbamate

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Tert-butyl 2-(4-bromophenyl)ethylcarbamate (500 mg, 1.67 mmol), imidazole (170 mg, 2.50 mmol), (CuOTf)2.PhH (84 mg, 0.17 mmol), 1,10-Phenanthroline (360 mg, 2.00 mmol), dba (39 mg, 0.17 mmol), and Cs2CO3 (650 mg, 1.99 mmol) were mixed together in a flask and o-xylene (10 mL) was added. Resulting solution was heated to 120° C. and stirred for four days. Reaction mixture was then cooled, poured into water (20 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL). Combined organics were washed with water (1×20 mL) and brine (2×20 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated Crude product was purified by flash chromatography eluting with 25% Hexanes in EtOAC to pure EtOAc to give tert-butyl 2-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenyl]ethylcarbamate.

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