Sodium Carbonate → 5-(4-Formylphenyl)pyrimidine

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5-Bromopyrimidine (159 mg, 1 mmol) was dissolved in toluene (5 mL) and treated with tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(0) (116 mg, 0.1 equivalent) and a 2 M solution of sodium carbonate (1 mL, 2 equivalents). The mixture was stirred under an argon atmosphere for 20 min. followed by addition of 3-formylphenyl boronic acid (165 mg, 1.1 equivalensts) in ethanol (1 mL). The reaction was heated to 80° C. and stirred for 16 hrs. The mixture was filtered and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and the solvent was removed by evaporation. This material was purified using hexanes:dichloromethane (1:1) followed by dichloromethane:methanol (97:3) to give 110 mg (60%) of the title compound.

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