Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → 4-(4-Methoxy-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-3,5-dimethyl-pyridin-1-ol

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A flame-dried sealable Schlenk tube was charged with 4-bromo-3,5-dimethyl-pyridine 1-oxide (1; 10.1 g, 50.0 mmol), 2 (18.0 g, 100 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (0.915 g, 1.00 mmol), dicyclohexyl-(2-phenanthren-9-yl-phenyl)-phosphane (1.8 g, 4.0 mmol), and K3PO4 (31.9 g, 150 mmol). The Schlenk tube was next evacuated and backfilled with N2. Then, degassed dry toluene (100 mL) was added via syringe under N2. The Schlenk tube was sealed, and the mixture was stirred at 120° C. for 48 h. The reaction mixture was subsequently cooled to room temperature, diluted with methylene chloride (500 mL), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting dark brown oil was allowed to stand at room temperature until the colorless crystalline product separated from the liquid. The solid was then collected by filtration and identified as the pure title compound (6.55 g). The filtrate was purified by flash chromatography eluting with 95:5 CHCl3: methanol to afford an additional 0.23 g of the title compound. The combined yield was 6.78 g (53%): mp 194-195° C.; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD2Cl2): δ 7.990 (s, 2H), 6.705 (s, 2H), 3.798 (s, 3H), 1.892 (s, 6H), 1.842 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (125 MHz, CD2Cl2): δ 159.771, 139.578, 137.663, 137.187, 135.775, 128.289, 113.709, 55.605, 20.198, 17.087; MS (ESI): m/z 258.4 [(M+H)+, 100]; Anal. Calcd. For C16H19NO2: C, 74.68; H, 7.44; N, 5.44. Found: C, 74.54; H, 7.40; N, 5.51.

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