Ethanol → methyl 2-(tert-butoxy)-2-[2-(3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-6-yl)-5-phenylthiophen-3-yl]acetate

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A solution of methyl 2-(2-bromo-5-phenylthiophen-3-yl)-2-(tert-butoxy)acetate (11i) (77 mg, 0.20 mmol), 6-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)chroman (94 mg, 0.36 mmol) and sodium carbonate (85 mg, 0.80 mmol) in a mixture of toluene (1.26 mL), ethanol (0.6 mL) and water (0.5 mL) was bubbled with nitrogen for 5 minutes. Palladium tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) (12 mg, 0.01 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was heated a 95° C. for 4 h. After cooling to room temperature, water (2 mL) was added. The aqueous layer was extracted with toluene (2×8 mL). The organic layers were washed with brine (5 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 85/15) to provide the desired product (11j) (60 mg, 0.14 mmol, 68%).

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