Iodobenzene → 2-Methyl-N-(2-methylphenyl)-N-phenylaniline

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A mixture of di-o-tolylamine (Compound 9) (6.00 g, 30.4 mmol), iodobenzene (12.2 g, 60 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (0.34 g, 1.5 mmol), P(t-Bu)3 (0.6 g, 3 mmol), sodium tert-butoxide (5.76 g, 60 mmol) in toluene (120 mL) was degassed and heated at about 120° C. for 40 hours. The resulting mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (200 mL), washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, loaded on silica gel and purified by flash column using eluents of hexanes to give a white solid (Compound 10) (8.2 g, in 98% yield).

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