Sodium Carbonate → 1,1'-Biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid,4'-(trifluoromethyl)-,ethyl ester

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7 g (30.56 mmol) of ethyl 4-bromobenzoate are dissolved in 60 ml of 1,2-dimethoxyethane and, under argon, 6.96 g (36.67 mmol) of 4-trifluoromethylphenylboronic acid, 271 mg of bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride and 40.7 ml of a 2 M aqueous sodium carbonate solution are added. The reaction mixture is then stirred under reflux for 12 hours. The mixture is then cooled, filtered through 1 g of Extrelute, washed with dichloromethane and concentrated. The resulting crude product is purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase: cyclohexane/dichloromethane 2:1). 6.31 g (21.4 mmol, 70% yield) of a colourless solid are obtained.

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