Sodium Carbonate → 3-(3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine

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3-bromo anisole (17.4 g, 93.03 mmol) was dissolved in 650 mL tetrahydrofuran and 210 mL water in a 2 L round bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer. Diethyl-(3-pyridyl)borane (15.73 g, 106.99 mmol), sodium carbonate (44.4 g, 418.64 mmol) and dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (II) (9.8 g, 13.95 mmol) were added and the mixture heated at reflux for 4 h then cooled to ambient temperature. The mixture was diluted with 300 mL water and extracted with diethyl ether (2×300 mL). The extracts were combined and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resultant oil was purified by flash chromatography (1:1 ethyl acetate/hexanes). Product fractions were concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 17.75 g (99%) of the desired compound as a pale yellow oil.

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