Potassium Carbonate → 3-(4',5'-Difluoro-2'-methoxybiphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)-4-fluorobenzoic acid methyl ester

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To a mixture of 4-fluoro-3-(4-iodophenoxy)methylbenzoic acid methyl ester (1.1 g, 2.85 mmol) and 4,5-difluoro-2-methoxyphenylboronic acid (0.642 g, 3.4 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) and water (2.5 mL) was added Pd(dppf)Cl2 (220 mg, 0.27 mmol) and potassium carbonate (1.24 g, 9.0 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 45° C. overnight and solvents were evaporated. The residue was extracted with ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was dried and concentrated. The residue was purified through flash column chromatography (120 g silica gel, 5% to 40% ethyl acetate in hexanes over 25 minutes) to give a white solid as 3-(4′,5′-difluoro-2′-methoxybiphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)-4-fluorobenzoic acid methyl ester (0.76 g, 67%).

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