Ethyl Acetate → [6-Fluoro-3-methyl-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-naphthalen-2-yl]-acetic acid methyl ester

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To a mixture of (6-fluoro-3-methyl-4-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy-naphthalen-2-yl)-acetic acid methyl ester (500 mg, 1.31 mmol), 4-nitrophenylboronic acid (658.5 mg, 3.94 mmol) and cesium carbonate (865.6 mg, 2.63 mmol) in dimethoxyethane (5 mL) was added [1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) (144.3 mg, 0.2 mmol) at room temperature under nitrogen. The resulting mixture was reacted using a microwave reactor (Personal Chemistry) at 120° C. for 30 minutes. Ethyl acetate (50 mL) was added and the organic layer was washed with water (30 ml) and brine solution (20 mL). The organic layers were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to give the crude product which was purified using an ISCO (90 g) column, eluting with 5-15% ethyl acetate in hexanes, to give [6-fluoro-3-methyl-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-naphthalen-2-yl]-acetic acid methyl ester (197 mg, 42%) as a light yellow solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3), δ ppm 8.40 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2 H), 7.82 (dd, J=8.9, 5.7 Hz, 1 H), 7.77 (s, 1 H), 7.46 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2 H), 7.21 (td, J=8.9, 2.4 Hz, 1 H), 6.76 (dd, J=11.2, 2.4 Hz, 1 H), 3.87 (s, 2 H), 3.74 (s, 3 H), 2.14 (s, 3 H). HRMS calcd. for C20H15FNO4 [(M−H)−] 352.0990, obsd. 352.0990.

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