Potassium Carbonate → 4-(3,5-Di-t-butylphenyl)indene

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Mixture of compound 4 (60 g, 308 mmol, 1 equiv), 2-(3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (126 g, 400 mmol, 1.3 equiv), powdered potassium carbonate (128 g, 924 mmol, 3 equiv) and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II)dichloride (25.3 g, 31 mmol, 0.1 equiv), 1,4-dioxane (300 mL) and water (150 mL) was heated overnight at 80° C. The reaction was poured into 700 mL of water and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×500 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated brine (1 L), dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified over silica gel (1 Kg) eluting with heptanes to give compound 5 (59 g, 63% yield) as a light yellow oil.

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