(2-Methylpropyl)boronic acid → 8-Isobutyl-2,4-dimethyl-5,6-dihydrobenzo[c]acridine

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8-chloro-2,4-dimethyl-5,6-dihydrobenzo[c]acridine (15.0 g, 51.1 mmol), isobutylboronic acid (7.8 g, 77 mmol), dicyclohexyl(2′,6′-dimethoxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)phosphine (1.6 g, 4.08 mmol) potassium phosphate monohydrate (41.2 g, 179 mmol) were mixed in 300 mL of toluene. The system was degassed for 20 minutes. Pd2(dba)3 (0.93 g, 1.02 mmol) was then added and the system was refluxed overnight. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was filtered through a Celite® plug and eluted with 30% ethyl acetate in toluene. ˜19.5 crude liquid was obtained. The crude product was recrystallized from 5% acetone in hexane to obtain ˜14.9 g pure product (99.6%) which was confirmed by GC-MS.

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