2-[(3-Bromo-2,5-dichlorophenyl)oxy]-1-chloro-3-fluoro-4-methylbenzene → 2,5-Dichloro-3-[(6-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methylphenyl)oxy]benzonitrile

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2-[(3-bromo-2,5-dichlorophenyl)oxy]-1-chloro-3-fluoro-4-methylbenzene (2.0 g, 5.20 mmol) was combined with dicyanozinc (0.305 g, 2.60 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.601 g, 0.520 mmol) and heated at 120° C. for 60 min in a microwave reactor under an inert atmosphere. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc, washed four times with water, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to dryness. The residue was purified on 120 g silica eluted successively with 100% hexanes followed by 0 to 10% EtOAc/hexanes to give 2,5-dichloro-3-[(6-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methylphenyl)oxy]benzonitrile (1.01 g, 3.06 mmol, 58.7% yield) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 8.00 (d, J=2.20 Hz, 1H), 7.31-7.47 (m, 2H), 7.24 (d, J=1.83 Hz, 1H), 2.29 (d, J=1.74 Hz, 3H).

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