Palladium(II) acetate (5.4 mg, 0.024 mmol) and 2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)biphenyl (17 mg, 0.048 mmol) were stirred in dioxane (3 mL) for 20 minutes under an atmosphere of nitrogen. Sodium tert.-butylate (44 mg, 0.45 mmol), 3-methoxy-4-(2-methyl-oxazol-5-yl)-phenylamine (61 mg, 0.30 mmol, CAS 568556-28-5; E. J. Iwanowicz et. al. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 13(12), 2059-2063; 2003) and 4-benzyl-2-chloro-6-methyl-pyrimidine (72 mg, 0.33 mmol) were added. The reaction was heated for 30 minutes to 130° C. in a microwave oven. Water was added and the reaction was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using dichloromethane and then methylenechloride/methanol (19:1 v/v) as eluent to yield the title compound as a yellow solid (31 mg, 27%). MS ISP (m/e): 387.2 (100) [(M+H)+]. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ (ppm)=7.86 (s, 1H), 7.61 (d, 2H), 7.26-7.33 (m, 5H), 7.15 (br s, 1H), 6.98 (d, 1H), 6.48 (s, 1H), 3.97 (s, 2H), 3.90 (s, 3H), 2.51 (s, 3H), 2.37 (s, 3H).
