1,2-Dimethoxyethane → 5-[2-(methylthio)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carbaldehyde

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5-Bromo-1H-pyrrole-3-carbaldehyde (174 mg), [2-(methylthio)phenyl]boronic acid (202 mg) and sodium carbonate (254 mg) were suspended in a mixed solvent of 1,2-dimethoxyethane (5 mL) and water (2 mL), and the mixture was sufficiently degassed under a nitrogen atmosphere. Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (58 mg) was added, and the mixture was further degassed and stirred at 105° C. for 16 hr. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, water was added and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent: hexane-ethyl acetate=9:1→4:1) to give the title compound as pale-yellow crystals (yield 150 mg, 69%).

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