Potassium Carbonate → 1-(2',4',5-Trifluoro-1,1'-biphenyl-2-yl)ethanone

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The title compound was prepared from 2,4-difluorophenylboronic acid (2.0 g, 12.7 mmol), tetrabutylammonium bromide (3.71 g, 11.5 mmol), potassium carbonate (4.78 g, 34.6 mmol), 2′-bromo-4′-fluoroacetophenone (2.5 g, 11.5 mmol), and palladium acetate (259 mg, 1.15 mmol) according to the procedure and in the same manner as described in Example 105, step a. The product was purified by preparative liquid chromatography on a Biotage® 40 Mi column of prepacked silica gel (90 g), eluting with a gradient of 10%-30% methyl tert-butyl ether in hexane, to afford the desired compound (850 mg, 30%) as a clear yellow oil;

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