Potassium Carbonate → 9-Phenylanthracene

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

25.4 g (100 mmol) of 9-bromoanthracene, 12.8 g (105 mmol) of phenylboronic acid, 0.233 g (1.00 mmol) of palladium (II) acetate, and 0.913 g (3.00 mmol) of tri(ortho-tolyl)phosphine were put into a 500 mL three-necked flask. Then, the atmosphere in the flask was substituted with nitrogen. Thereafter, 100 mL of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (abbreviation: DME) and 75 mL (150 mmol) of potassium carbonate solution (2.0 mol/L) were added to the mixture, and this mixture was refluxed at 90° C. for 6 hours to be reacted. After the reaction, a precipitate in the reaction mixture was collected by suction filtration. The obtained solid was recrystallized by a mixed solvent of chloroform and hexane; then 20.8 g of objective 9-phenylanthracene was obtained as a white powdered solid in a yield of 82%. A synthetic scheme of 9-phenylanthracene is illustrated below (synthetic scheme b-1).

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