Sodium Carbonate → Ethyl 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate

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263 g (0.885 mol) of ethyl 2-bromo-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate, 750 ml of 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 4 g of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium, 177 g (0.974 mol) of 3,4-dimethoxyphenylboronic acid and 1000 ml of a 2M aqueous sodium carbonate solution are introduced successively, under an inert atmosphere, into a four-liter round-bottomed flask. The reaction mixture is brought to reflux for fourteen hours and then evaporated to a third under reduced pressure. The reaction mixture is poured onto two liters of water; the precipitate which forms is filtered on sintered glass, rinsed with water and then dried under a stream of air. There is thus obtained 294 g (yield: 94%) of ethyl 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate in the form of a beige solid melting at 89° C.

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