Cesium carbonate → 2-Chloro-5-(2-fluorophenyl)pyrimidine

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Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (2.06 g, 1.79 mmol, 0.1 eq) and caesium carbonate (17.4 g, 53.69 mmol, 2.0 eq) were added under an argon atmosphere to a stirred solution of 5-bromo-2-chloropyrimidine (2.5 g, 17.86 mmol, 1 eq) and (2-fluorophenyl)boronic acid (3.45 g, 17.86 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 1,4-dioxane/water (30 mL, 4:1) at room temperature. The mixture was heated to 90° C., stirred for 3 h and then cooled to room temperature. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (10 mL), washed with water, and dried over sodium sulfate. The solvents were removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by column chromatography [silica gel 100-200 mesh, ethyl acetate/petrolether 1:19]. Yield: 2.0 g (53% of theory)

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