Sodium Carbonate → 2-Bromo-4'-chloro-1,1'-biphenyl

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Sodium carbonate (19.8 g, 186.81 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (1.05 g, 0.90 mmol) were added to a solution of 1,2-dibromobenzene (12.8 ml, 105.98 mmol) and 4-chlorophenylboronic acid (14.1 g, 90.08 mmol) in toluene (170 ml) and water (80 ml). The mixture was purged with nitrogen and heated at reflux overnight. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, and partitioned between saturated aq. NH4Cl and ethyl acetate (500 ml). The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and the volatiles were evaporated under reduced pressure to give a residue. The residue was purified by column chromatography (ISCO, 330 g silica gel column, eluting with 100% hexanes) to give the title product (17.0 g, yield: 71%).

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