A mixture of 4-phenoxyphenylboronic acid (40.2 g), 3-bromopyridin-2-amine (25 g), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (5.01 g) and sodium carbonate (30.6 g) in DME (722 mL) and water (145 mL) was stirred at 80° C. under N2 for 20 hr. NH silica gel was added and the mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (NH silica gel, eluted with EtOAc in hexane) to give a white solid. The solid was crystallized from EtOAc and hexane to give the title compound (33.8 g) as a white solid.
