Slurry 4-chloro-2-(cyclopropylmethyl-amino)-pyrimidine (155 mg, 0.62 mmol), [4-(N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-aminomethyl)phenyl]boronic acid (160 mg, 0.86 mmol), and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (36 mg, 0.031 mmol) in toluene (3 mL). Add ethanol (0.5 mL) followed by potassium carbonate (175 mg, 1.24 mmol) dissolved in water (300 μL). Irradiate in microwave (300 watts) at 120° C. for 60 min. Cool to room temperature, pour reaction mixture into water (100 mL) containing 1N NaOH (25 mL) and extract with DCM (3×50 mL). Wash the combined organic extracts with brine, dry over MgSO4, filter and concentrate in vacuo. Purify by chromatography on silica gel (12 g) eluting with hexane/EtOAc (4:1 to 3:7 over 30 min; 30 mL/min) to obtain the desired intermediate (200 mg, 90%) as a light yellow solid. MS (ES+) m/z: 355 (M+H)+.
