Cesium carbonate → 3-(3-Methoxy-phenylamino)-phthalic acid dimethyl ester

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A mixture of 3-iodo-phthalic acid dimethyl ester (1.0 g, 3.1 mmol), cesium carbonate (1.4 g, 4.3 mmol), Pd2(dba) (0.13 g, 0.14 mmol) and rac-BINAP (0.058 g, 0.093 mmol) in toluene (6 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 5 minutes. m-Anisidine (0.38 g, 3.1 mmol) was then added, and the reaction mixture was refluxed for 48 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with methylene chloride (20 mL) and filtered through celite. The filter was washed with additional methylene chloride (25 mL). The combined filtrates were evaporated, and the residue was purified by ISCO silica gel flash chromatography using a hexanes-ethyl acetate gradient, eluting the product at 7:3 hexanes-ethyl acetate. It was then purified by preparative HPLC using an acetonitrile-water gradient, eluting the product at 6:4 acetonitrile:water to give the title product, 0.46 g in 47% yield; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 3.79 (s, 3H), 3.87 (s, 3H), 3.89 (s, 3H), 6.59-6.75 (m, 3H), 7.09-7.46 (m, 4H), 8.00 (s, 1H).

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