“…The carboxylic acids for the preparation of acid chlorides 1b – f , 1h , and 1a- d 5 were synthesized by the nickel-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura-type coupling of methyl 2-iodobenzoate with the corresponding arylboronic acids followed by hydrolysis with potassium hydroxide in aqueous ethanol . All of the 2-arylbenzoic acids (aryl = 4-MeC 6 H 4 , 4-FC 6 H 4 , 4-CF 3 C 6 H 4 , 4-MeOC 6 H 4 , 2-naphthyl, 3-MeC 6 H 4 , and C 6 D 5 ) are known. 4,4′-Dibromo-1,1′-biphenyl-2-carboxylic acid was prepared from 2,7-dibromofluorenone by the published procedure .…”