Hydrochloric Acid → Biphenyl-2-boronic acid

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Under an atmosphere of argon, 2-bromobiphenyl (20 g, 86 mmole) was dissolved into anhydrous ether (200 ml) and the resultant solution was cooled at −35° C. in a dry ice/methanol bath. To the cooled solution, a hexane solution of n-butyllithium (1.50 mole/liter, 63 ml, 95 mmole) was added dropwise and the resultant mixture was stirred at −20° C. for 1 hour. After the reaction mixture was cooled at −67° C., a solution (50 ml) of triisopropoxyborane (50 ml, 0.22 mole, 2.5 eq) in anhydrous ether was added and the resultant mixture was stirred at −65° C. for 1 hour and at the room temperature for 2 hours and left standing for one night. To the obtained reaction mixture, a 10% hydrochloric acid (200 ml) was added. After the resultant mixture was stirred at the room temperature for 1 hour, the formed organic layer was separated, washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride (50 ml) and dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solid obtained after removing the solvent by distillation was washed with hexane and a white solid (11 g, 62%) was obtained.

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