Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 2',4'-difluoro-3-isopropoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate

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A mixture of methyl 4-iodo-2-isopropoxybenzoate (4.10 g), (2,4-difluorophenyl)boronic acid (4.04 g), dicyclohexyl(2′,6′-dimethoxybiphenyl-2-yl)phosphine (0.789 g), a 2 M aqueous sodium carbonate solution (19.2 mL), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (0.821 g), and toluene (50 mL) was stirred at 100° C. for 2 hours in an argon atmosphere. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. Then, the organic layer was separated and passed through a short silica gel (NH) column, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate) to obtain the title compound (3.90 g).

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