Potassium Carbonate → 4-Ethenyl-3,8-difluoro-6-methoxyquinoline

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4-Bromo-3,8-difluoro-6-(methoxy)quinoline (0.63 g, 2.3 mmol) in DME (26 mL) under argon, was treated with tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.13 g, 0.115 mmol) and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes. Anhydrous potassium carbonate (0.32 g, 2.3 mmol), water (7 mL), and vinylborane:pyridine complex (see F. Kerins and D O'Shea J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 4968-4971) (0.22 g, 0.92 mmol) were added and the mixture was heated at 100° C. for 2 hr. It was cooled, diluted with water and extracted with ether, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. After work-up the product was chromatographed on silica gel, eluting with 10% methanol in DCM to afford a white solid (0.46 g, 90%). MS (+ve ion electrospray) m/z 221 (MH+).

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