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Typical procedure:
1a) Aryl Bromide (1 mmol), olefin (1.2 mmol), K
2CO
3 (2.0 mmol) and 2 mol% NMP solution of SingaCycle
TM-E1 (400 μL) are added to a vial with a magnetic stir bar. The atmosphere above the reaction mixture is purged with Ar over 30 sec. The vial is closed with a screw cap, and heated at 140 ºC with vigorous stirring over 18 h. After cooling, the reaction mixtures are filtered under dilution with CH
2Cl
2 (total: 20 mL). The crude product is loaded directly over a short pad of silica gel and purified by flash chromatography.