Sodium Carbonate → 1-(4-Carboxyphenyl)-5-(5-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)naphthalene

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2-(5-Bromo-1-naphthyl)-5-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (D3) (1.50 g, 5.2 mmol) and 4-carboxyphenylboronic acid (0.86 g, 5.2 mmol) were stirred in dimethoxyethane (DME) (40 ml), and sodium carbonate (2.5 g, 23 mmol) in water (40 ml) was added. The mixture was purged by a stream of Ar for 15 min, when tetrakis (triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (0.1 g, 0.008 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred at reflux under Ar for 20 h, and then evaporated to remove DME. The grey suspension was acidified (5M HCl), and the solid was filtered off and dried in vacuo at 60° C. This material was heated at reflux in ethanol (30 ml), and filtered hot. The white solid so collected was dried in vacuo at 60° C. giving 1.32 (77%) of the title compound.

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