To a solution of methyl 4-((2-chloro-5-phenylquinazolin-4-ylamino)methyl)benzoate (550 mg, 1.36 mmol) in DMF (16 mL) and H2O (0.5 mL) under nitrogen were added pyrimidine-5-ylboronic acid pinacol ester (422 mg, 2.04 mmol) and potassium carbonate (377 mg, 2.72 mmol). The resulting mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 15 min and then (1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene)-palladium (II) chloride dichloromethane complex (50 mg, 0.068 mmol) was added. Upon completion of addition, the reaction mixture was again degassed for 10 min. with nitrogen. The reaction mixture was then heated to 110° C. where it stirred for 12 h. After this time, the reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. Once at the prescribed temperature, the reaction mixture was quenched by the addition of water and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed successively with water and brine. The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting concentrate was purified by flash column chromatography using 0.5% MeOH in CH2Cl2 to afford methyl 4-((5-phenyl-2-(pyrimidin-5-yl)quinazolin-4-ylamino)methyl)benzoate (400 mg) as an off-white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ (ppm): 9.62 (s, 2H), 9.31 (s, 1H), 7.93-7.86 (m, 4H), 7.54-7.49 (m, 5H), 7.37 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 1H), 7.28 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 5.94 (t, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 4.71 (d, J=5.2 Hz, 1H), 3.85 (s, 3H). LCMS Method C: retention time 2.15 min, [M+1]=448.2. HPLC Method B: purity 98.5%, retention time 9.81 min.
