Water → Methyl 2'-fluoro-2-(2-methyl-5-oxo-1-cyclopenten-1-yl)-5'-(methyloxy)-1,1'-biphenyl-4-carboxylate

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A screw-cap vial was charged with 2-bromo-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one (available from Aldrich) (0.68 g, 3.9 mmol), 66.56A (1.00 g, 2.6 mmol), potassium phosphate (1.6 g, 7.8 mmol), 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,6′-dimethoxybiphenyl (available from Aldrich) (0.33 g, 0.80 mmol), palladium(II) acetate (available from Aldrich) (0.058 g, 0.26 mmol), degassed THF (17 mL), and water (0.23 mL, 13 mmol). The mixture was purged three times with N2, stirred for 48 hours at room temperature under N2, filtered through silica gel (EtOAc), and concentrated. Trituration of the crude residue with ether afforded 66.56B (0.72 g, 78% yield) as a pale yellow solid.

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