Water → Methyl p-toluenesulfonate

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To a solution of (R)-(8-bromo-6-fluoro-2H-chromen-2-yl)methyl-4-methylbenzenesulfonate (0.40 g, 0.97 mmol) and 2-methoxyphenylboronic acid (0.44 g, 2.9 mmol) in dioxane (10 mL) was added potassium carbonate (0.33 g, 2.4 mmol), dichlorobis(tri-o-tolylphosphine)palladium (II) (23 mg, 0.029 mmol) and water (2 mL). The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 2 hours. The cooled reaction mixture was then partitioned between ethyl acetate (100 mL) and 2.0 M aqueous sodium hydroxide (100 mL). The organic layer was separated, washed with water (100 mL) and saturated brine (100 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by flash chromatography using a solvent gradient of 0 to 20% ethyl acetate in hexane gave 0.46 g (100%) of(R)-6-fluoro-8-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2H-chromen-2-yl)methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate as a colorless oil. MS (ES) m/z 441.0 ([M+H]+).

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