Sodium Carbonate → 4'-Cyano-2'-methylbiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid

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4-bromo-3-methylbenzonitrile (5 g, 0.026 mol) was suspended in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (100 ml) and treated with 4-boronobenzoic acid (2.4 g, 0.026 mol) followed by a solution of sodium carbonate (11.65 g, 0.11 mmol) in water (100 ml). The mixture was flushed with argon and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (0.55 g) was added. The reaction mixture was then heated to reflux with stirring. After 24 h, the 1,2-dimethoxyethane was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure and the aqueous residue was washed with ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was then acidified to pH 1 and the resultant solid was filtered off and was dried in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid (4.16 g, 69%).

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