Dimethylformamide → 4-(4'-Acetyl-biphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)-5-methyl-furan-2-carboxylic acid

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A stirred mixture of 4-(4-iodo-phenoxymethyl)-5-methyl-furan-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (20) (0.26 g), 4-acetylphenylboronic acid (0.15° g), N,N-dimethylformamide (30 mL), potassium acetate (0.26 g) and [1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(11), complex with dichloromethane (1:1) (40 mg) was heated at 90° C. over night. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, dissolved in ethyl acetate (30 mL) and washed successively with water (30 mL), brine (30 mL), dried and 3 concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran/methanol (2:1 by volume) (30 mL) and 1.0 M aqueous lithium hydroxide solution (6.78 mL) and stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was acidified to pH 2 using 0.1 M hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×25 mL). The extract was dried, concentrated in vacuo and the residue purified by HPLC to give compound 21 as a white solid (50 mg). LC/MS System C: Rt=4.18 mins, m/z (ES−)=349 (M− for C21H18O5).

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