Water → 2-{3-Fluoro-4-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)vinyl]phenyl}naphthalene

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Reaction Steps

In the step, 6.30 g (15.48 mmol) of (4-fluorobenzyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide was suspended in 50 ml of THF, and the suspension was cooled to −30° C. and added with 1.74 g (=15.48 mmols) of potassium t-butoxide under stirring. After the addition was finished, the reaction solution was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour, a 25 ml THF solution of 3.00 g (11.99 mmol) of 2-fluoro-4-naphthalene-2-yl-benzaldehyde was dropped into the same, and then the mixture was slowly heated to room temperature. After being stirred for 18 hours, the reaction mixture was added into iced water, and the mixture was extracted thrice with toluene. The extract was washed thrice with water and then dried with anhydrous MgSO4. After the solvent was evaporated under a reduced pressure, the obtained yellow solid of 12.73 g was purified with silica gel chromatography using heptane as the eluent to obtain 3.44 g of 2-{3-fluoro-4-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)vinyl]phenyl}naphthalene as a white solid.

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