Potassium Carbonate → 2-(4-Benzoimidazol-1-yl-phenyl)-3-methyl-3H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester

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To a solution of 1-[4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-phenyl]-1H-benzoimidazole (0.43 g, 1.5 mmol) and 2-bromo-3-methyl-3H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (0.25 g, 1.15 mmol) in DME (9 mL) was added tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.07 g, 0.057 mmol) and 2 M aqueous potassium carbonate (1.4 mL) and the reaction mixture was heated at 90° C. for 12 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted with ethyl acetate. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate washed with water, dried (Na2SO4), and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. Purification by flash column chromatography (silica, petroleum ether:ethyl acetate 7:3→1:1 then dichloromethane:methanol 99:1→97:3) provided the title compound (36%). LCMS (ESI+) 332.2 (MH+).

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