Prepared according to the method as described in Example 33a) from toluene (8 ml), aqueous sodium carbonate (2 M, 2.47 ml), 3-methoxybenzeneboronic acid (0.413 g), ethanol (2 ml), (±)-1-(3-bromophenoxy)-4-(3-pyridyl)-2-butanol (0.79 g, Example 56a) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.071 g) with heating at 120° C. for 4 hours. After work up the residue was purified by column chromatography over silica with ethyl acetate to give the title compound as a white solid after trituration with ether:hexane (0.27 g).
