Potassium Carbonate → 1-Benzyl-4-chloro-2-methoxybenzene

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1-Bromomethyl-4-chloro-2-methoxy-benzene (50 mg, 0.21 mmol), phenyl boronic acid (28 mg, 0.23 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (24 mg, 0.021 mmol) and K2CO3 (87 mg, 0.63 mmol) were combined in dioxane, purged with N2, and heated to reflux for 16 hours. The mixture was then partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel eluting with 4:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate to provide 9 mg (18%) of the title compound. MS (ESI) m/e 233 (M+H)+.

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