Sodium Carbonate → 2-(Furan-2-yl)benzaldehyde

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A microwave vial (20 ml) was charged with 2-formylphenylboronic acid (298 mg, 2.0 mmol), 2-bromo-furan (350 mg, 2.4 mmol) and 8 ml of acetonitrile. To this mixture was added 4 ml of aqueous sodium carbonate (1M), followed by 100 mg of dichlorobis-(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II). The reaction vessel was sealed and heated at 150° C. for 5 minutes with microwave irradiation. After cooling, the reaction mixture was extracted with ethylacetate. The organic layer was evaporated to provide a crude material, which was purified by ISCO to give 123 mg of 2-furan-2-yl-benzaldehyde (34% yield).

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