Sodium Carbonate → 3-Bromo-5-thiophen-3-yl-pyridine

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A deoxygenated solution of 3,5-dibromopyridine (4.00 g, 16.9 mmol, 1 equiv), 3-thiopheneboronic acid (2.38 g, 18.6 mmol, 1.10 equiv), Pd(PPh3)4 (781 mg, 0.676 mmol, 0.0433 equiv), and 2.0 M Na2CO3 (16.9 mL, 33.8 mmol, 2.00 equiv) in dioxane (40 ml) was heated under argon at reflux for 20 h. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool, then partitioned between water (200 mL) and ethyl acetate (2×300 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography (5% ethyl acetate in dichloromethane) to afford 3-bromo-5-thiophen-3-yl-pyridine as a white solid.

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