Potassium Carbonate → 4-(Pyridin-4-yl)benzoic acid

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4-Bromopyridine hydrochloride (0.4 g, 2 mmol), 4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)benzoic acid (0.5 g, 2 mmol), and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (50 mg, 0.04 mmol) in dimethylformamide (15 mL) was treated with 2M potassium carbonate (2 mL) and the mixture was heated to 80° C. for 16 h. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was diluted with water to afford a solid which was filtered to afford the title compound (0.26 g).

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