Toluene → 1-propyl-2-[2'-(1-trityl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-biphenyl-4-ylmethyl]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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2-(4-Bromobenzyl)-1-propyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (300.0 mg, 854.1 μmol) and [2-(1-trityl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)phenyl]boronic acid (1.1 g, 2.6 mmol) were combined with 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene-palladium(ii)dichloride dichlorometh (244 mg, 299 μmol), dicesium carbonate (974 mg, 3.0 mmol), toluene (11 mL, 100 mmol), and water (2.2 mL, 119.6 mmol), and stirred under nitrogen at 105° C. for 3 hours. The mixture was cooled to room temperature. Water (50 mL) was added, the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (2×50 mL), washed with saturated aqueous NaCl (50 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The product was then purified by column chromatography (0-60% EtOAc in Hexanes) to yield 1-propyl-2-[2′-(1-trityl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-biphenyl-4-ylmethyl]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (400 mg).

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