Ethyl Acetate → 4-(Pyridin-4-yl)benzoic acid hydrochloride

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4-Bromopyridine hydrochloride (11.7 g) and 4-carboxyphenylboronic acid (10.0 g) were dissolved in a solvent mixture of toluene (250 mL) and water (250 mL), and to the solution were sequentially added tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (5.0 g) and anhydrous sodium carbonate (25.4 g), followed by heating under reflux at 120° C. for 19 hours. After the resultant mixture was cooled to room temperature, ethyl acetate was added thereto, and the thus-obtained mixture was extracted with water. Concentrated HCl was added to the aqueous layer, to thereby make the mixture acidic. The aqueous layer was washed with ethyl acetate, and was concentrated. The resultant solid was collected by filtration, to thereby give the title compound (8.37 g).

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