Potassium Carbonate → HCID 86599121, compound

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To a solution of (±)-(7-bromo-4,5-difluoro-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-2-yl)methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate (1.5 g, 3.59 mmol) in dioxane (30 mL) was added phenylboronic acid (0.656 g, 5.38 mmol), dichloro[1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]palladium(II)dichloromethane adduct (0.293 g, 0.359 mmol), and potassium carbonate (0.993 g, 7.18 mmol) and the reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 48 h. The reaction mixture was filtered (celite), rinsed (ethyl acetate), and the combined organic layers were washed with water (100 mL), aqueous sodium chloride (75 mL), dried (sodium sulfate) and the solvent was removed in vacuo to provide a crude solid. Purification by column chromatography (silica, ethyl acetate:hexane 1:9) afforded 1.19 g (80%) of (±)-(4,5-difluoro-7-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-2-yl)methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate as a white solid. Rf=0.76 (silica, ethyl acetate:hexanes 1:9); 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δH 7.69 (d, 2H); 7.50 (dd, 1H); 7.56 (d, 2H); 7.35 (m, 6H); 5.14 (m, 1H); 4.30 (dd, 1H); 4.20 (dd, 1H); 3.39 (dd, 1H); 3.05 (dd, 1H).

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