Sodium Carbonate → 2-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-6-methoxy-1-methoxymethoxy-3-methyl-naphthalene

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2-Bromo-6-methoxy-1-(methoxymethoxy)-3-methylnaphthalene (14) (2.00 g, 6.44 mmol), 3-fluorobenzeneboronic acid (1.80 g, 12.88 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphino)palladium (0) (0.74 g, 0.64 mmol), 2 M sodium carbonate (60 mL) and ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (60 mL) were combined and heated in a sealed tube at 160° C. for 75 min. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and filtered through a celite pad with 100 mL each diethyl ether and water. The organic layer was washed with brine (100 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated to an orange viscous oil. The crude product was purified by column chromatography with 10% EtOAc/hexane to afford 1.77 g (84%) of the title compound, 283 as a yellow oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 2.14 (s, 3H), 3.02 (s, 3H), 3.86 (s, 3H), 4.71 (s, 3H), 7.12-7.23 (m, 4H), 7.25 (d, J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.46-7.52 (m, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H), 7.93 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H).

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