Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 2-(5,5-dimethyl-1-cyclopenten-1-yl)-5'-(ethyloxy)-2'-fluoro-1,1'-biphenyl-4-carboxylate

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To a stirred solution of methyl 3-(5,5-dimethylcyclopent-1-enyl)-4-(trifluoromethylsulfonyloxy)benzoate T6.9 (0.400 g, 1.1 mmol) in DMF (4.00 mL) at 23° C. was added 5-ethoxy-2-fluorophenylboronic acid (0.29 g, 1.6 mmol, commercially available from Aldrich), potassium carbonate (0.44 g, 3.2 mmol), and then tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0.12 g, 0.11 mmol). The mixture was heated to 90° C. and stirred for 21 hours. The mixture was then cooled to room temperature, diluted with brine, and extracted three times with EtOAc. After drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtering, the organic solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the product was then purified on silica gel (0-10% EtOAc in hexanes) to yield T16.1 as a colorless oil (0.350 g, 90% yield).

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