Potassium Carbonate → Tert-butyl 4'-methylbiphenyl-2-carboxylate

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Reaction Steps

To a 350 mL high-pressure vial was added tert-butyl 2-bromobenzoate (5.142 g, 20.0 mmol), p-tolylboronic acid (4.08 g, 30.0 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (3.47 g, 3.0 mmol), potassium carbonate (8.29 g, 60.0 mmol) and dioxane with water (4:1, 200 mL). The mixture was degassed for 5 min and sealed. The mixture was heated at 100° C. for 40 min wherein analytical HPLC analysis indicated the completion of the reaction. The mixture was filtered through Celite and MeOH was used to wash the Celite pad. The solvent was removed and the crude was purified by flash chromatography (AcOEt/Hexane 0→30%) to obtain the title compound.

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