Tricyclohexylphosphine → 2,3-Dihydro-5-[4-(phenylmethoxy)phenyl]-1H-inden-1-one

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A solution of 4-benzyloxyphenyl boronic acid (0.15 g, 0.66 mmol), 5-bromo-1-indanone (0.10 g, 0.44 mmol), palladium acetate (2.0 mg, 0.009 mmol), tricyclohexylphosphine (7.0 mg, 0.018 mmol) and potassium fluoride (0.077 g, 1.32 mmol) in dioxane (2.5 mL) was stirred at 75° C. for 3 h. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite. Silica gel chromatography eluting with 25% ethyl acetate/hexane gave 0.05 g of desired product: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.85 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.68 (s, 1H), 7.62 (t, 3H), 7.51 (d, J=7.3 Hz, 2H), 7.46 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.38–7.42 (m, 1H), 7.13 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 2H), 5.18 (s, 2H), 3.23 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 2.78 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H).

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