1,2-Dimethoxyethane → 4,4''-Dimethoxy-5'-{4-[2-(phenylmethyl)benzo[b]thien-3-yl]phenyl}[1,1';3',1''-terphenyl]-2'-ol

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Palladium (II) acetate (81 mg, 0.036 mmol) was added into a mixture of 4′-(2-benzyl-benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)-3,5-dibromo-biphenyl-4-ol (1.0 g, 1.82 mmol), 4-methoxy-benzeneboronic acid, barium hydroxide (0.93 g, 5.46 mmol), 1,2-dimethoxyethane (10 mL), and water (10 mL). The mixture was stirred at 75° C. for 10 hours, poured into water, and extracted with ethyl ether. The organic extracts were dried over MgSO4. Evaporation and purification by flash chromatography on silica gel (hexanes/EtAOc 4:1) gave 4,4″-dimethoxy-5′-{4-[2-(phenylmethyl)benzo[b]thien-3-yl]phenyl}[1,1′;3′,1″-terphenyl]-2′-ol as a yellow solid (0.45 g,): mp 80-82; MS m/e 604 (M+);

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