Toluene → 4'-Trifluoromethoxy-biphenyl-4-carbaldehyde

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of toluene (70 mL) and water (10 mL) was degassed with nitrogen for 30 min. A mixture of sodium carbonate (3.2 g, 30.43 mmol), 4-bromobenzaldehyde (2.0 g, 10.6 mmol), 4-trifluoromethoxyphenylboronic acid (2.86 g, 13.95 mmol) and tetrakis triphenyl phosphene palladium(0) (1.0 g, 1.562 mmol) were added to the above degassed water/toluene mixture. The reaction mixture refluxed overnight. After the reaction is completed, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated. The resulting residue was purified by column chromatography using 3% ethyl acetate in hexane to obtain the title compound. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm)=7.2-8.0 (m, 8H), 10.0 (s, 1H).

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