Potassium Carbonate → HCID 23005147, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 1-(4-bromophenyl)propan-1-one (10 g, 46.9 mmol) in toluene/ethanol (47/47 ml) is added 4-trifluoromethylphenylboronic acid (10.63 g, 51.6 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (2.7 g, 2.3 mmol), and 2 N potassium carbonate (47 mL). The reaction mixture is heated at reflux overnight, cooled to rt, and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer is dried and concentrated, then loaded onto silica gel and eluted using hexanes with an ethyl acetate gradient from 0% to 60% giving 1-(4′-trifluoromethylbiphenyl-4-yl)propan-1-one (11.52 g).

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