Toluene → Methyl 5-(4-phenylphenyl)thiophene-2-carboxylate

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A mixture of compound 1021 (5.0 g, 22.6 mmol), biphenyl-4-ylboronic acid (5.4 g, 27.1 mmol), sodium carbonate (5.9 g, 56.5 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (2.65 g, 2.3 mmol), toluene (200 mL), ethanol (100 mL) and water (50 mL) was heated to reflux for 12 hours under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, and extracted with dichloromethane (2×250 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by flash chromatography with silica gel (5% EtOAc in hexane) to give compound 1022 (5.0 g). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 3.92 (s, 3H), 7.32-7.49 (m, 4H), 7.62-7.80 (m, 7H).

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