Potassium Carbonate → 2-[3-(2-Methoxyethoxy)phenyl]-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane

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Potassium carbonate (1.88 g, 13.65 mmol) was added to a solution of 3-hydroxyphenylboronic acid pinacol ester (Apollo, 1.0 g, 4.55 mmol) in DMF (10 mL). 2-Bromoethyl methyl ether (0.41 mL, 5.46 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was heated to 100° C. for 1 hr. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool and then partitioned between ethyl acetate (50 mL), and water (150 mL). The phases were separated and the organic phase was washed with brine (150 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate, filtered and the filtrate solvents removed in vacuo, to afford the title product as a light-brown oil (1.1 g) which was used without further purification.

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