2,6-Dibromotoluene → (2-((3-Bromo-2-methylphenyl)ethynyl)phenyl)methanol

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Reaction Steps

Step 1 A mixture of (2-ethynylphenyl)methanol (100 mg, 0.757 mmol), 1,3-dibromo-2-methylbenzene (189 mg, 0.757 mmol) and TEA (0.211 mL, 1.513 mmol) in THF (2 mL) was purged with nitrogen and treated with copper (I) iodide (2.88 mg, 0.015 mmol) and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride (26.6 mg, 0.038 mmol). The mixture was heated in a sealed tube at 60° C. for 1.5 h. The mixture was filtered, the filtrate was washed with NaHCO3 (aq) and water, and dried and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography (eluting with hexane-EtOAc) to provide (2-((3-bromo-2-methylphenyl)ethynyl)phenyl)methanol as a white solid (130 mg, 57%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, chloroform-d) δ 7.44-7.58 (4H, m), 7.39 (1H, td, J=7.54, 1.43 Hz), 7.27-7.34 (1H, m), 7.00-7.09 (1H, m), 4.93 (2H, d, J=6.38 Hz), 2.64 (3H, s). Mass spectrum m/z 323, 325 (M+Na)+.

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