Sodium Carbonate → 4'-Chloro-2'-methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-carboxylic acid

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To a mixture of 3-iodobenzoic acid (11.9 g, 48 mmol), 4-chloro-2-methylphenylboronic acid (9.8 g, 57.7 mmol) and sodium carbonate (6.1 g, 57.7 mmol) under nitrogen atmosphere, was added i-PrOH-water (1/1, 180 mL) followed by 10% Pd—C (2 g, 19.2 mmol) with caution. The reaction mixture was heated at 80° C. under nitrogen overnight. The catalyst was removed by filtration, and the filtered catalyst was washed with EtOH (60 mL). Most of organic solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The resulting aqueous residue was treated with 2N HCl (aq) to bring the pH <2. The resulting mixture was extracted with EtOAc (2×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with water and saturated brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. Compound 9.7 was obtained as white solid (12 g), which was used directly in the next step. MS ESI (neg.) m/e: 245 (M−H).

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