Potassium Carbonate → 2',6'-Dichloro-2-methoxybiphenyl

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Treatment of 2,6-dichlorobromobenzene (25.0 g, 0.110 mol) with 2-methoxybenzeneboronic acid (25.22 g, 0.166 mol), dichlorobis(tri-o-tolylphosphine)-palladium(II) (2.33 g, 2.96 mmol), and potassium carbonate (34.15 g, 0.247 mmol) generally according to the procedure described for Intermediate 37 provided 21.5 g (77%) of 2′,6′-dichloro-1,1′-biphenyl-2-yl methyl ether. Treatment of 2′,6′-dichloro-1,1′-biphenyl-2-yl methyl ether (19.0 g, 75.06 mmol) with boron tribromide (18.78 g, 1.0 M in dichloromethane) generally according to the procedure described for Intermediate 163 provided 17.89 g (99%) of 2′,6′-dichloro-111′-biphenyl-2-ol as a light yellow solid. mp 100-103° C.; Anal. calcd. for C12H8Cl2O: C, 60.28H, 3.37. Found: C, 60.29; H, 3.13.

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