A mixture of (4S,5R)-5-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-[2-iodo-5-(trifluoromethyl)-benzyl]-4-methyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one (0.05 g, 0.084 mmol), 3-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl boronic acid (0.031 g, 0.167 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine) palladium (5% mol) and sodium carbonate (0.019 g, 0.18 mmol) in 7 ml of water/EtOH/toluene (1:2:4) was heated to reflux for 4 h. TLC (EtOAc:hexane/1:1) showed that the reaction was over. The solvents were removed. Water (10 ml) was added. The organic was extracted with methylene chloride (3×10 ml). The combined methylene chloride layers were washed with brine, and dried over sodium sulfate. The title compound was obtained after flash column using EtOAc:hexane/1:1 as the eluant. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz): δ 8.02 (d, J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.88 (s, 1H), 7.84 (s, 1H), 7.77 (s, 1H), 7.76 (s, 1H), 7.75 (s, 2H), 7.73 (m, 1H), 7.71 (m, 1H), 7.61 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.53 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.26 (m, 1H), 6.54 (t, J=2 Hz, 1H), 5.55 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 5.02 (d, J=16 Hz, 1H), 4.21 (d, J=16 Hz, 1H), 3.82 (m, 1H), 0.54 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 3H). LC-MS (M+1): 614.3.
