Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(2-Fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid

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800 mg (3.1 mmoles) of 4-bromo-3-fluorophenylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid and 650 mg (3.4 mmoles) of phenylboronic acid are suspended in 8 ml of a 2M K2CO3 aqueous solution. The mixture is added with tetrabutylammonium bromide (960 mg, 3 mmoles) and palladium(II) acetate (40 mg, 0.18 mmoles) and heated at 130° C. in a closed reactor for 30 minutes. After cooling at room temperature, the mixture is added with 2M HCl (25 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase is washed with 1N HCl, then with brine, finally dried and concentrated under vacuum to give an oil (1.7 g), which is crystallized from isopropyl ether-hexane to afford the product as a white solid (0.2 g).

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