Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 2-fluoro-6-vinylbenzoate

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To a solution of methyl 2-bromo-6-fluorobenzoate (53 g, 0.228 mol) and potassium trifluoro(vinyl)borate (33.63 g, 0.251 mol) in dioxane and H2O (3:1, 600 mL) was added Pd(dppf)Cl2 (5 g, 6.84 mmol) and sodium carbonate (69 g, 0.684 mol) at RT. The reaction mixture was heated at 100° C. for 12 hours under a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo, diluted with water, and extracted with EtOAc (3×200 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na2CO3, filtered, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography eluting with a gradient of EtOAc (1-100%) and PE to give the title compound (31.4 g, 76.5%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 7.45-7.36 (m, 2H), 7.03-7.02 (m, 1H), 6.88-6.81 (m, 1H), 5.77-5.73 (m, 1H), 5.41-5.39 (d, J=10.8 Hz, 1H), 3.95 (s, 3H).

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