Phenylboronic Acid → 4-broMo-2-phenylthiazole

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A flask containing 238 mg of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium, 0.55 g of phenylboronic acid, and 1.00 g of 2,4-dibromothiazole was purged with nitrogen and then charged with 30 ml of toluene, 6.1 ml of ethanol, and 9.1 ml of a 2 M aqueous solution of sodium carbonate, and the mixture was stirred under reflux for 6 hours. After cooling to room temperature, 50 ml of water was added to the reaction mixture and two extractions were conducted with 50 ml of ethyl acetate. After being washed with 30 ml of saturated brine, the organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate. After filtering the magnesium sulfate, the organic layer was concentrated and the residue was purified by column chromatography (Wakogel C-200; hexane:ethyl acetate=14:1) to give 0.71 g of 2-phenyl-4-bromothiazole.

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