4-Hydroxybiphenyl → 4-(Biphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)-5-methyl-furan-2-carbonitrile

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Diisopropylazodicarboxylate (1.84 g, 10.6 mmoles) was added to a solution of 4-hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-furan-2-carbonitrile (147) (1.32 g, 9.6 mmoles), biphenyl-4-ol (1.63 g, 9.6 mmoles) and triphenylphosphine (4.3 g, 16.35 mmoles) in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) with stirring and cooling to 0° C. under an argon atmosphere. After 5 minutes, the cooling was removed and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 16 h. The solvent was evaporated and the residue partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The ethyl acetate phase was washed with brine and dried. After the solvent was evaporated, the residue was purified by flash chromatography (silica, gradient elution with 5% to 10% ethyl acetate in cyclohexane) to afford compound 148 as a white solid (2.2 g). IR (powder) CN st. 2225 cm−1.

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