Tris(1,1-dimethylethyl)phosphine → 3-Fluorocarbazole

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A mixture of 23.4 g (106 mmole) 2-chloro-4-fluoro-N-phenylaniline, 0.27 g (5.3 mmole) of palladium(II)acetate, 2.1 g (10.6 mmole) of tri-tert-Butylphosphine, 50.8 g (530 mmole) of sodium tert-butoxide and 1,4-dioxane 150 ml were refluxed under nitrogen for about overnight. Allowed to cool and then quenched by addition of HCl (aq) (2 M, 140 ml). The organic phase was extracted with dichloromethane and water, dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica (hexane-ethyl acetate) to give product 6.7 g (35%)

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