Sodium Carbonate → 2',3'-Difluoro-4'-(5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-nonafluoro-octyloxy)-biphenyl-4-carboxylic Acid Ethyl Ester

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A bipsasic solution of 2,3-difluoro-4-(5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-nonafluoro-octyloxy)-phenylboronic acid (11A) (1 equi.), 4-bromo-benzoic acid-ethyl ester (12), (1 equi.), sodium carbonate (2.7 equi.), and tetrakis(triphenylphoshine)palladium catalyst (0.01 equi.) in water-toluene (1:1) (2 mL/mmole) was stirred at 100 C temperature for 12 h., cooled to room temperature, extracted with ethyl acetate:hexane(1:1), washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo. The purification by chromatography on silica gel (5% EtOAc/hexanes) and recrystallization from acetonitrile afforded 2′,3′-difluoro-4′-(5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-nonafluoro-octyloxy)-biphenyl-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (13A), as a white solid (88%).

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