Potassium Carbonate → 2-(2,4-Dichloro-benzoyl)-6-m-tolyl-benzofuran-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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To a solution of 2-(2,4-Dichloro-benzoyl)-6-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy-benzofuran-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester from step 4 (162 mg, 0.32 mmol, 1 eq) in anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide (2 mL) were sequential added 3-methyl benzene boronic acid (64.6 mg, 0.63 mmol, 1.5 eq), potassium carbonate (87.6 mg, 0.63 mmol, 2 eq) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (73.2 mg, 0.06 mmol, 0.2 eq) under argon. The reaction mixture was degassed for 5 min. The reaction was then stirred at 80° C. for 4 h followed by stirred at rt for 12 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature then poured into ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (10 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×10 mL). Combined the organic layer was washed by water (2×10 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtrated, and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by pre-HPLC to afford an yellow solid (91.3 mg, 63%) as product. 1H-NMR (CDCl3): δ 8.04 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.73 (s, 1H), 7.64 (dd, J=1.5, 8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.47 (d, J=1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.41 (m, 2H), 7.36 (dd, J=1.9, 8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (t, 1H), 7.19 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 4.245 (q, 2H), 2.43 (s, 3H), 1.28 (t, 3H); LC-MS (MH+=453/455).

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