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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Synth Commun. 2011 Jan 1;41(3):319–330. doi: 10.1080/00397910903537364

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Reagents and conditions: (i) toluene, Pd(PPh3)4; (ii) DMF-POCl3; (iii) 3,4-diaminobenzonitrile, sodium bisulfite, DMF, reflux; (iv) NBS, DMF; (v) 4-cyanophenylboronic acid, Pd(PPh3)4; (vi) 4-bromobenzonitrile, KOAc, Pd(PPh3)4, 125–135 °C.