Toluene → HCID 59709546, compound

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9-bromo-10-(2-naphthylenyl)anthracene (3.3 g, 0.008 mol), diphenylamine (1.5 g, 0.008 mol), 1.0 g sodium tert-butoxide, 0.1 g palladium(II) acetate, 3 drops tri-tert-butylphosphine and 80 ml toluene are added to a round bottom flask under a nitrogen atmosphere. Mixture heated at reflux for 2 days. After cooling, toluene removed by rotary evaporation and remaining solid chromatographer on a silica gel column to yield 4.0 g (99% yield) of pure yellow product. FD-MS (m/z): 471.

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