Toluene → 4-Ethoxy-3,3'-difluoro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2,2'-dicarboaldehyde

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere, a mixture of 2-chloro-6-fluorobenzaldehyde (84) (50.0 g, 315 mmol), compound (55) (73.5 g, 347 mmol), Pd-132 (made by Johnson Matthey Catalysis and Chiral Technologies) (0.223 g, 0.315 mmol), potassium carbonate (87 g, 631 mmol) and TBAB (20.33 g, 63.1 mmol) was refluxed in a toluene 500 mL)-ethanol (100 mL)-water (500 mL) solvent for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was extracted with 300 mL of toluene three times. Combined organic layers were washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate, water and saturated brine, and then dried over magnesium sulfate, and a solvent was distilled off by an evaporator. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography, and thus 4-ethoxy-3,3′-difluoro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2,2′-dicarboaldehyde (85) (77.25 g, yield 84%) was obtained.

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