Sodium Carbonate → 3,6-DI-Tert-butyl-2,7-diphenyl-9H-fluorene

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To a mixture of 2,7-dibromo-3,6-di-t-butylfluorene (0.96 g, 2.20 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (260 mg, 0.22 mmol) in toluene (50 ml) was added a solution of phenylboronic acid (0.81 g, 6.63 mmol) in EtOH (10 ml) and a solution of Na2CO3 (1.5 g) in water (10 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred for 6 hours under reflux. The reaction mixture was quenched with water, extracted with ether, dried over MgSO4, and evaporated under vacuum to afford the residue which was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, hexane/CH2Cl2=5/1) to produce 2,7-diphenyl-3,6-di-t-butyl-fluorene (0.85 g, ˜90%). 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ 7.96 and 7.15 (each s, 2H, 1,8- and 4,5-H (Flu), 7.33 (m, 10H, Ph), 3.77 (s, 2H, H9), 1.27 (s, 18H, t-Bu).

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