Sodium Carbonate → 2-Phenylanthracene

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Under an argon atmosphere, 14.5 g of phenylboronic acid, 25.7 g of 2-bromoanthracene, 4.62 g of tetraxis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0), 400 mL of toluene and 200 mL of a 2M aqueous solution of sodium carbonate were mixed. The resultant was refluxed with stirring for 8 hours. After cooling to room temperature, deposited crystals were separated by filtration. By repetition of recrystallization and washing of the obtained solids using toluene-hexane, 19.1 g (yield: 75%) of 2-phenylanthracene was obtained.

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