4-Bromobenzophenone → (4-(Diphenylamino)phenyl)(phenyl)methanone

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Reaction Steps

(4-bromophenyl)(phenyl)methanone (5.0 g, 19.2 mmol) and diphenylamine (4.2 g, 25.0 mmol) were dissolved in 150 mL of toluene under a nitrogen atmosphere, and then tris(benzylidene acetone dipalladium) (0.4 g, 0.4 mmol) was added thereto under nitrogen. Also, P(t-Bu)3 (0.8 g, 3.8 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture solution, followed by addition of NaOBut (5.5 g, 57.7 mmol). The reaction mixture solution was refluxed and stirred for 24 hours. After the reaction was over, the reaction mixture solution was filtered through a thin silica pad at a high temperature to thereby remove palladium. The filtrate was concentrated, and passed through a silica gel column by using hexane-dichloromethane 7:3 as an eluant. After the solvent was removed, the residue material was dried in vacuum to thereby obtain a white solid (5.6 g, yield: 84%).

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