Toluene → 5'-Bromo-2',6-difluoro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-ol

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(2-Fluoro-6-hydroxyphenyl)boronic acid (50 mg, 0.321 mmol, 1.0 equiv), Pd(PPh3)4 (37.1 mg, 0.032 mmol, 0.1 equiv) and aqueous Na2CO3 (2 M, 401 μl, 0.802 mmol, 2.5 equiv) were mixed with toluene (2 mL) in a sealed microwave tube. 4-Bromo-1-fluoro-2-iodobenzene (96 mg, 0.321 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in MeOH (1.00 mL) was added to the above mixture. The resulted mixture was heated at 105° C. overnight. TLC showed the starting material disappeared and a new spot was produced. The reaction was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and then loaded on 12 g ISCO column and purified by 30% EtOAc/hexane to afford 5′-bromo-2′,6-difluoro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-ol (81 mg, 89%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ 7.54 (dd, J=6.3, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.48 (ddd, J=8.7, 4.5, 2.6 Hz, 1H), 7.21 (td, J=8.2, 6.7 Hz, 1H), 7.07 (t, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 6.71 (t, J=8.8 Hz, 1H). LCMS (M+1)=286.1.

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