Triethylamine → (4-Chloro-2-{[2-fluoro-5-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethynyl}phenoxy)acetic acid

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A mixture of (4-chloro-2-ethynyl-phenoxy)-acetic acid tert-butyl ester (Intermediate 3, 164 mg; 0.61 mmol), 1-fluoro-2-iodo-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzene (Intermediate 58, 184 mg; 0.61 mmol), 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenedichloro palladium(ii) (27 mg; 0.04 mmol) and cuprous iodide (7 mg; 0.04 mmol) was degassed during two minutes under nitrogen then anhydrous THF (3 mL) and triethylamine (170 μL; 1.23 mmol) were added and reaction mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 60 hours. The solvent was evaporated and the residue was treated with an HCl solution (4 N in dioxane, 3.7 mL). After stirring for 16 hours, the solvents were removed under vacuum and the crude product purified by preparative HPLC. The title compound was obtained as a brown solid.

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