Indole → 2-Phenylpyridine

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44.9 mg (0.2 mmol) of palladium acetate, 70 mg (0.2 mmol) of 2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)biphenyl, 1.3455 grams (14 mmol) of sodium t-butoxide, 1.1281 grams (5 mmol) of 2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-chloropyridine, and 0.7029 grams (6 mmol) of indole were mixed with 60 ml of toluene and refluxed for 48 hours. Next a double portion of the catalyst package and one more portion of indole was added to the mixture to reflux for 72 hours. The reaction contents were cooled to room temperature, diluted with dichloromethane and preabsorbed onto silica and chromatographed using methylene chloride eluent to isolate 0.978 grams of yellow solid in 63% yield.

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