Dichloromethane → HCID 89479855, compound

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4-(2-bromoethoxy)-N,N-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)aniline (70, 1.40 g, 3.20 mmol) and 4-(4-bromo-5-(4-methoxyphenyl)thiophen-2-yl)phenol (65, 1.16 g, 3.20 mmol) were dissolved in acetonitrile (40 mL) and the cesium carbonate (2.09 g, 6.41 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 20 hours. After cooling to RT, the reaction mixture was poured into DCM (100 mL) and water (150 mL). The mixture was mixed well and the aqueous portion extracted with DCM (2×100 mL). The combined organics were washed with water (2×150 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and solvent removed by rotary evaporation. The resulting off-white solid was sonicated in MeOH (100 mL), filtered and air dried to afford an off-white powder which still contained some minor impurities by TLC. This material was allowed to stir in refluxing EtOH (150 mL) for 15 minutes, cooled slightly, filtered and air dried to afford 71 as an off-white powder (1.60 g, 70%).

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