Cesium carbonate → 4-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,2-dimethylfuran-3(2H)-one

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4-Bromo-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,2-dimethylfuran-3(2H)-one (2 g, 6.7 mol), 2-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (2.43 g, 0.0067 mol), and Cs2CO3 (11 g, 0.034 mol) in toluene (25 mL) and water (8 mL) was degassed, Pd (dppf) Cl2 (1.1 g, 0.0013 mol) was added under an inert atmosphere and the mixture degassed once again. The reaction was heated at reflux for 3 h, upon which the reaction mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite® and the filtrate was diluted with EtOAc (100 mL), washed with water (50 mL), brine (50 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to obtain the crude product. The crude material was purified by flash column chromatography using 30% ethyl acetate in hexane and silica gel (230-400 Mesh), Rf=0.30 to afford 4-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,2-dimethylfuran-3(2H)-one (2.3 g, 73%) as solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, d6-DMSO): δ 8.42 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 8.06-7.99 (m, 2H), 7.95 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 1H), 7.72 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 1H), 7.63 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.56 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H); 7.18 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 7.12 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 6.89 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 5.38 (s, 2H), 3.79 (s, 3H), 1.42 (s, 6H). MS: [M+H]+: m/z=452.1; [M+Na]+: m/z=474.2.

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