Sodium Carbonate → 4'-[(4-Hydroxyphenyl)(3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexylidene)methyl]-4-biphenyl carbonitrile

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The Suzuki protocol described for (163) was employed. A round-bottomed flask was charged with 4-[(4-bromophenyl)(3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexylidene)methyl]phenol (14) (0.200 g, 0.5 mmol), PdCl2(PPh3)2 (0.035 g, 0.05 mmol), (4-cyanophenyl)boronic acid (0.165 g, 1.0 mmol), aqueous 2 M Na2CO3 (1.0 mL, 0.106 g, 1.0 mmol) solution, and 4:1 THF:H2O (5 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was refluxed for 12 h. Regular work-up and purification gave 0.155 g (74%) of the title compound (238) as an off-white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 9.30 (s, 1H), 7.88 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.87 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 7.85 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.67 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 3H), 7.25 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 6.95 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 2H), 6.67 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 1.92 (br s, 4H), 1.25 (s, 2H), 0.88 (s, 12H). LCMS (APCI): m/z 419.97 (M−H)−.

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