Toluene → 4-Chloro-2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine

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A 500-mL round bottomed flask was charged with 2,4-dichloro-6-trifluoromethylpyridine (2.00 g, 9.26 mmol), (3-chlorophenyl)boronic acid (1.59 g, 10.2 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.535 g, 0.46 mmol), and Cs2CO3 (9.05 g, 27.8 mmol). Toluene (40 ml), EtOH (10 ml) and water (20 ml) were added. The resulting mixture was stirred under Ar at 90° C. for 4 h. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL) and hexanes (100 mL). The aqueous layer was separated and the organic layer was washed with saturated sodium chloride (2×25 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica using hexane/ethyl acetate (100:1 to 95:5) as eluent followed by chromatography on silica using hexane/dichloromethane (100:0 to 80:20) as eluent to afford the title compound (1.48 g, 55%) as a white solid. MW=292.08. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 8.06-8.04 (m, 1H), 7.92 (dt, J=7.0, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.89 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.64 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.48-7.42 (m, 2H).

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