Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → Methyl 4'-(2-ethoxyethoxy)-6-methoxy-2',6'-dimethylbiphenyl-3-carboxylate

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A mixture of methyl 3-bromo-4-methoxybenzoate (0.90 g, 3.67 mmol), [4-(2-ethoxyethoxy)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]boronic acid (0.87 g, 3.67 mmol), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (0.13 g, 0.15 mmol), 2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)biphenyl (79 mg, 0.22 mmol), tripotassium phosphate (1.56 g, 7.34 mmol) and toluene (20 mL) was stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere at 90° C. for 18 hrs. The reaction mixture was cooled and insoluble material was filtered off. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=9/1-hexane/ethyl acetate=1/1) to give the title compound (0.71 g, yield 54%) as a yellow oil.

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