Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → 9-(3-(1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole-2-carbonitrile

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2-(3-bromophenyl)-1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1H-imidazole (4.39 g, 11.45 mmol), 9H-carbazole-2-carbonitrile (2 g, 10.40 mmol), Pd2dba3 (0.333 g, 0.364 mmol) and 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,6′ dimethoxybiphenyl (S-Phos) (0.597 g, 1.457 mmol) were charged into the reaction flask with 300 mL of m-xylenes. Potassium phosphate tribasic anhydrous (3.86 g, 18.21 mmol) was ground into a fine powder using a mortar and pestle then was added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture was degassed with nitrogen then was heated at reflux for 5½ days. This biphasic mixture was passed through a plug of Celite® to remove some insoluble materials. The organic layer was separated and dried over magnesium sulfate. The organics were filtered and concentrated under vacuum. The crude residue was passed through a silica gel column using 25% ethyl acetate/10% DCM/hexanes. The product fractions yielded 9-(3-(1-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole-2-carbonitrile (93.4% yield) as a tan solid.

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