Sodium Carbonate → 4-(5-Formylfuran-2-yl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile

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To the stirred solution of 5-formylfuran-3-boronic acid (0.31 g, 2.2 mmol), palladium (10%) in carbon (0.090 g) and sodium carbonate (0.85 g, 8.0 mmol) in ethanol (10 ml) was added a solution of 4-bromo-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzonitrile (0.50 g, 0.19 mmol) in ethanol (10 ml) under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was refluxed for two hours, and then cooled to RT and diluted with ethanol. The mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite, washed with ethanol and the filtrate was evaporated to dryness. Combiflash purification using heptane/ethyl acetate as eluent system afforded 0.20 g of the title compound. 1H-NMR (400 MHz; d6-DMSO): δ 7.73 (d, 1H), 7.76 (d, 1H), 8.31 (m, 1H), 8.33 (m, 1H), 8.39 (m, 1H), 9.71 (s, 1H).

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