Cesium fluoride → (4-Naphthalen-2-yl-phenyl)-acetic acid methyl ester

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Tetrakis triphenyphosphine palladium (65 mg, 7.4 mol %) was added to a dimethoxy ethane (5.4 mL) solution of (4-Trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy-phenyl)-acetic acid methyl ester (447 mg, 1.5 mmol), 2-naphthaleneboronic acid (286 mg, 1.67 mmol) and cesium fluoride (505 mg, 3.33 mmol). The reaction was flushed with nitrogen and heated in an oil bath to 100° C. while stirring for 3 hours. The reaction was then diluted with ethyl acetate and extracted with water, 1 M sodium hydroxide, water and brine. The organic portion was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting residue was chromatographed on a Biotage Flash 40S column eluting with 5% ethyl acetate in hexanes to give the title compound as a clear oil (273 mg, 66%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.01-7.38 (m, 11H), 3.72 (s, 3H), 3.69 (2H)

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