Sodium Carbonate → 3-Bromo-5-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)pyridine

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A mixture of 3,5-dibromopyridine (1.2 g, 5 mmol), 3-trifluoromethylphenyl boronic acid (0.95 g, 5 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (0.23 g, 0.2 mmol), and sodium carbonate (1.1 g, 10 mmol) in EtOH (10 mL) and water (1 mL) were heated in an oil bath at 70° C. for 3 days. The mixture was cooled to RT and diluted with EtOAc (20 mL) and water (10 mL). The layers were partitioned and the organic layer was dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated. Purification by chromatography (eluting with 10:1 hexanes/EtOAc) resulted in 0.4 g (26%) of the title compound: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 8.76 (d, 1H, J=2.1 Hz), 8.71 (d, 1H, J=2.1 Hz), 8.06 (dd, 1H, J=2.1, 2.1 Hz), 7.80 (s, 1H), 7.74-7.61 (m, 3H); APCI MS m/z 304.0, 302.0 (M+1).

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