Potassium Carbonate → Methyl [3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]{[2'-methoxy-5'-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-2-yl]methyl}carbamate

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A mixture of methyl[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyl][2-iodo-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]carbamate (0.10 g, 0.17 mmol) from Example 5, and 2-methoxy-5-methylphenyl boronic acid (0.034 g, 0.2 mmol), palladium acetate (0.0038 g, 0.017 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.047 g, 0.34 mmol) in 4:1 acetone/water (10 ml) was heated and maintained at reflux for 1 h. The color of the solution turned dark. Acetone was removed and the residue was extracted with methylene chloride (3×10 ml). The combined organic layers were washed with water, then brine, and dried over sodium sulfate. The title compound was obtained as a colorless oil by preparative thin layer chromatography using acetone/hexane (5:95) as the eluant. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz): δ 7.73 (s, 1H), 7.58 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.47 (s, 2H), 7.35 (m, 1H), 7.32 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.19 (m, 1H), 6.85 (m, 21-1), 4.23-4.36 (m, 4H), 3.79 (m, 3H), 3.68 (s, 3H), 2.25 (s, 3H). LC-MS (M+1): 580.0 (4.61 min).

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