Dimethylformamide → 4-(4'-Acetyl-biphenyl-4-yloxymethyl)-5-methyl-furan-2-carboxylic acid

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A stirred mixture of 4-(4-iodo-phenoxymethyl)-5-methyl-furan-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (20) (0.26 g), 4-acetylphenylboronic acid (0.15 g), N,N-dimethylformamide (30 mL), potassium acetate (0.26 g) and [1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino) ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II), complex with dichloromethane (1:1) (40 mg) was heated at 90° C. over night. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, dissolved in ethyl acetate (30 mL) and washed successively with water (30 mL), brine (30 mL), dried and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran/methanol (2:1 by volume) (30 mL) and 1.0 M aqueous lithium hydroxide solution (6.78 mL) and stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was acidified to pH 2 using 0.1M hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×25 mL). The extract was dried, concentrated in vacuo and the residue purified by HPLC to give compound 21 as a white solid (50 mg). LC/MS System C: Rt=4.18 mins, m/z (ES−)=349 (M− for C21H18O5).

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