Sodium Carbonate → (6-Chloro-2',6'-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)methanol

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In an atmosphere of nitrogen, a mixture of methyl 3-bromo-4-chlorobenzoate, (2,6-dimethylphenyl)boronic acid, lithium chloride, sodium carbonate, water, ethanol, dimethoxyethane and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium was stirred at 90° C. for 15 hours, thereby obtaining methyl 6-chloro-2′,6′-dimethylbiphenyl-3-carboxylate. Lithium aluminum hydride was added under ice-cooling to a THF solution of the resulting methyl 6-chloro-2′,6′-dimethylbiphenyl-3-carboxylate, followed by warming up to room temperature and stirring for 2 hours to obtain (6-chloro-2′,6′-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)methanol.

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