Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 5-(4-fluorophenyl)thiophene-2-carboxylate

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To a suspension of 2-bromo-5-methoxycarbonylthiophene (1.11 g), 4-fluorophenylboronic acid (0.91 g) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (289 mg) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (10 ml) was added aqueous solution of sodium carbonate (2M, 6.5 ml) followed by stirring at 80° C. for 6 hours. The mixture was diluted with dichloromethane and washed with water and brine. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography eluting with 30% dichloromethane in n-hexane to give 2-methoxycarbonyl-5-(4-fluorophenyl)thiophene (1.16 g, 98.3%).

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