Potassium Carbonate → N-(4'-formylbiphenyl-3-ylmethyl)-N-methylbenzamide

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8.8 g (29 mmol) of N-(3-bromo benzyl)-N-methylbenzamide, 8.7 g (58 mmol) of 4-formylbenzene-boronic acid and 125 ml of toluene are introduced into a three-necked flask under argon. 36 ml (72 mmol) of aqueous potassium carbonate solution (2M) are added dropwise, the reaction medium is degassed with argon and 1 g of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) chloride is added with heating at 90° C. for 24 hours. The reaction medium is poured into water and extracted with dichloromethane, and the organic phase is separated out after settling of the phases has taken place, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated. The residue obtained is purified by chromatography on a column of silica eluded with a mixture of heptane and ethyl acetate (50/50). After evaporation of the solvents, 7.2 g (75%) of the expected product are collected.

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