Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 2,2'-dimethyl-1,1'-biphenyl-4-carboxylate

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A suspension of methyl 4-bromo-3-methylbenzoate (ABCR AV19078; 15 g; 65.48 mmol; 1 eq.), o-tolylboronic acid (Aldrich 393606; 10.68 g; 78.5 mmol; 1.2 eq.), potassium carbonate (45.25 g, 327.4 mmol, 5 eq.) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (3.78 g; 3.27 mmol; 0.05 eq.) in toluene (200 mL) and water (200 mL) was stirred at 120° C. for 6 hours. The resulting mixture was allowed to return to room temperature and the two phases were separated. The organic layer was concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography (c-hexane) to afford the title compound (15 g, 95%) as a white solid.

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