Sodium Carbonate → 4-Phenyl-1,3-Dihydroxybenzene

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The synthesis was performed with reference to the known literature (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 44, p. 664, 2001). A solution of 4-bromoresorcinol (0.42 g, 2.2 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (10 mL) was successively added with phenylboronic acid (0.37 g, 3.0 mmol), and 2 M aqueous sodium carbonate (3.5 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature. After the inside of the reaction vessel was replaced with argon, the reaction mixture was added with tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.14 g, 0.12 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at 95° C. for 6 hours in a sealed tube. The reaction mixture was added with ice water, the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, and then the organic layer was washed successively with water and saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and then the residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (eluted with hexane/ethyl acetate (75:25)) to obtain biphenyl-2,4-diol (0.25 g, 61%).

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