Table 3.

Suzuki-Miyaura reactions between monosubstituted products 6a or 6b and various arylboronic acids.

Entry	Aryl 1	Aryl 2	Product	Yield %
1	4-MeO-Ph-	4-Cl-Ph-	8	55
2	4-MeO-Ph-	Ph-	9	64
3	4-MeO-Ph-	4-F-Ph-	10	43
4	4-MeO-Ph-	2-Tolyl-	11	50
5	4-MeO-Ph-	3-CF3-Ph-	12	57
6	4-Cl-Ph-	4-MeO-Ph-	13	54
7	4-Cl-Ph-	Ph-	14	62
8	4-Cl-Ph-	4-F-Ph-	15	57
9	4-Cl-Ph-	2-Tolyl-	16	58

Reaction conditions: arylboronic acid (2 equiv.), Pd(PPh₃)₄ (2.5 mol %), Na₂CO₃ (3 equiv.), DMF/ethanol (9 : 1), MW 300 W, 150 °C, 3 h