A solution of tri(2-furyl)phosphine (0.046 g) and tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (O) (0.046 g) in toluene (75 mL) was allowed to stir for 10 minutes. To this solution was added 8-chloro-4-iodo-3-methoxy-2,5-dioxo-2,5-dihydro-1H-benz[b]-azepine (1.82 g), followed by 3-tributylstannylthiophene (2.2 g). The reaction was heated to reflux for 3 hours. After allowing the reaction mixture to cool to room temperature and stir for 16 hours, a solid precipitated. The filtered solid was recrystallized from ethyl acetate/methanol (2:1) to afford the title compound (0.54 g); NMR: 11.49 (bs, 1), 7.78 (m, 1), 7.63 (d, 1, J=8.4), 7.52 (m, 1), 7.38 (d, 1, J=1.9), 7.30 (dd, 1, J=8.6, 2.1), 7.20 (m, 1), 3.75 (s, 3).
