1: With potassium carbonate in water; N,N-dimethyl-formamide Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling; 1 h; Inert atmosphere; 2: With dichloro(1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ferrocene)palladium(II) dichloromethane adduct in water; N,N-dimethyl-formamide T=60°C; Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling; 0.25 h; Inert atmosphereMicrowave irradiation; TemperatureTime;

1: 64 percent / Lawesson's reagent / chlorobenzene / 3 h / Heating 2: aq. NaOH; K3Fe(CN)6 / ethanol / 0.5 h / Heating 3: 20 percent / BBr3 / CH2Cl2 / 24 h / 20 °C View Scheme

1: 74 percent / pyridine / 2 h / Heating 2: 64 percent / Lawesson's reagent / chlorobenzene / 3 h / Heating 3: aq. NaOH; K3Fe(CN)6 / ethanol / 0.5 h / Heating 4: 20 percent / BBr3 / CH2Cl2 / 24 h / 20 °C View Scheme

1: 74 percent / pyridine / 2 h / Heating 2: 64 percent / Lawesson's reagent / chlorobenzene / 3 h / Heating 3: aq. NaOH; K3Fe(CN)6 / ethanol / 0.5 h / Heating 4: 20 percent / BBr3 / CH2Cl2 / 24 h / 20 °C View Scheme

1: 75 percent / K2CO3 / acetone / 20 °C 2: 93 percent / NaBH4; Cu(OAc)2 / ethanol / 1 h / 20 °C View Scheme