Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 2-methyl-2'-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-carboxylate

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A mixture of 4-bromo-3-methylbenzoic acid methyl ester of Step A (2.0 g, 8.7 mmol), 2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl boronic acid (1.65 g, 8.7 mmol) and sodium carbonate (4.1 g, 38.7 mmol) in toluene:ethanol:water (50 mL:25 mL: 25 mL) was purged with nitrogen for 1 hour. After addition of the tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(0) catalyst (0.50 g, 0.43 mmol) the reaction was heated at 100° C. overnight. The cooled reaction mixture was filtered through Celite and the cake washed with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a brown oil. Purification by flash chromatography with a solvent gradient of 25% to 50% dichloromethane in hexane provided 2.0 g of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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