Toluene → HCID 71007966, compound

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5-Bromo-2-(dibenzo[b,d]furan-4-yl)-4-methylpyridine (28.7 g, 85 mmol), dicyclohexyl(2′,6′-dimethoxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)phosphine (1.394 g, 3.39 mmol) and potassium phosphate monohydrate (58.6 g, 255 mmol) were added to toluene (500 mL) and water (50 mL) and degassed for 20 min. Trimethylboroxine (14.83 mL, 106 mmol) and Pd2(dba)3 (0.777 g, 0.849 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture heated to reflux overnight. After cooling, the organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer extracted 3×50 mL with EtOAc, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. The crude product was chromatographed on silica gel with 8/2 (v/v) dichloromethane/EtOAc in hexane to give 19.2 g of an off-white solid, which was recrystallized from heaxane to give 16.8 g (83%) of the product as white needles. The product was confirmed by NMR and HPLC (99.97% pure).

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