Ethanol → 4'-Methylsulfanyl-biphenyl-2-carbaldehyde

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2-Bromobenzaldehyde (3.7 g, 20 mmol) and 4-(methylthio) benzeneboronic acid (3.36 g, 20 mmol) were dissolved in toluene (80 mL) and sodium carbonate (2M, 10 mL, 20 mmol) was added. To this reaction mixture was added ethanol (5 mL) followed by tetrakis (triphenylphosphine)palladium (240 mg, 0.2 mmol) and the reaction mixture was refluxed overnight under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted with water (50 mL), stirred well, and the organic layer was separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water (2×50 mL), brine (1×50 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude product. Purification by flash column chromatography using 5% ethyl acetate in hexane gave the title compound as a colorless thick oil (4.4 g, 96% yield). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ9.98 (s, 1H), 8.01 (dd, J=7.8 Hz and 1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.6 (dt, J=7.5 and 1.4 Hz, 2H), 7.62-7.40 (m, 2H), 7.3-7.25 (m, 3H), 2.53 (s, 3H); LRMS (APIMS) m/z 329 (M+H)+.

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