I've been trying to carry a Suzuki rxn out on an aryl bromide and a tbutyldiphenylsilyl- protected phenyl boronic acid but I have read ( Tetrahedron Utters, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 187-190, 1997) that the protecting group would not survive alkalinity of the reaction. The protection on phenolic OH is absolutely necessary and it must also get deprotected afer the Suzuki coupling easily. TBDPS and TOM look auspicious for the deprotection step but I first need to get away with their base sensitivity. Any suggestions?
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