Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → 1-(5-(3-(Trifluoromethyl)phenyl)pyrimidin-2-yl)ethanone

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A cloudy solution of 1-(5-bromopyrimidin-2-yl)ethanone (300 mg, 1.49 mmol), 3-(trifluoromethyl)phenylboronic acid (567 mg, 2.98 mmol), K3PO4 (950 mg, 4.48 mmol), DavePhos ligand [2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′-(N,N-dimethylamino)biphenyl](59 mg, 0.15 mmol), and Pd(OAc)2 (17 mg, 0.075 mmol) in 6 mL toluene was heated at 100° C. for 1 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, and filtered through Celite. Filter cake was rinsed with 30 mL EtOAc. The filtrate was poured into 20 mL water. Layers were separated, and the aqueous was further extracted with EtOAc (20 mL). Combined organics were washed with water (20 mL) and brine (20 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated directly onto silica gel. Column chromatography (10-100% EtOAc/heptane) gave 0.26 g 1-(5-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)pyrimidin-2-yl)ethanone as tan solid. MS m/z 267.1 (M+H)+. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.16 (s, 2H), 7.93-7.69 (m, 4H), 2.87 (s, 3H).

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