Water → HCID 57531261, compound

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 1-(3-bromo-phenyl)-2-(4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)ethane-1,2-dione (0.25 g, 0.75 mmol) in dioxane is treated sequentially with tri-o-tolylphosphine (57 mg, 0.187 mmol), palladium (II) acetate (21 mg, 0.093 mmol), pyridine-4-boronic acid (139 mg, 1.125 mmol) and H2O, stirred at 100° C. for 4 h, cooled to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate is evaporated in vacuo. The resultant residue is purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (hexanes/EtOAc 3/7 as eluent), to afford the title compound as a yellow solid, 0.145 g (58% yield), identified by HNMR and mass spectral analyses. MS m/e (M+H)+ 332; 1H NMR (400 MHZ, CDCl3) δ 2.28 (s, 3H) 3.95 (s, 3H) 6.94 (d, 1H) 7.68 (m, 3H) 7.84 (m, 2H) 7.88 (m, 1H) 8.08 (m, 1H) 8.30 (m, 1H) 8.75 (m, 2H).

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