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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Org Biomol Chem. 2015 Mar 7;13(9):2726–2744. doi: 10.1039/c4ob02489c

Table 2.

Synthesis of Diarylethane Starting Materials

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Ar Product % Yield Product % Yield
C6H5- 3a 76a 4a 90
3-MeO-C6H5- 3b 95 4b 83
4-MeO-C6H5- 3c 86 4c 87
3,4-(MeO)2C6H5- 3d 88 4d 88
3-Me-C6H5- 3e 88 4e 85
a

Conditions: Pd(OAc)2, K2CO3, N,N-dimethyl-β-alanine, NMP50