4-Chlorobenzonitrile → [1,1'-Biphenyl]-4-carbonitrile, 4'-methoxy-

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4-Chlorobenzonitrile (140 mg, 1.02 mmol) reacted with p-methoxyphenylboronic acid (200 mg, 1.32 mmol) using 1/2 mol % of Pd(OAc)2/Ph5FcP(t-Bu)2 and KF (182 mg, 3.00 mmol) in THF solvent to give the title compound (197 mg, 94%) as white solid after recrystallization from hexane: 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.70 (d, 2H, J=8.41 Hz), 7.65 (d, 2H, J=8.40 Hz), 7.55 (d, 2H, J=8.80 Hz), 7.02 (d, 2H, J=8.79 Hz), 3.88 (s, 3H). 13C{1H}-NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): δ 160.18, 145.17, 132.52, 131.45, 128.31, 127.06, 119.04, 114.52, 110.07, 55.35. GC/MS(EI): m/z (M+).

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