1-allyl-2-[3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-iodo-2-thienyl]-1H-imidazole (4) (2.00 g, 4.34 mmol), N-[4-(trimethylstannyl)pyridin-2-yl]acetamide (2.59 g, 8.67 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0.25 g, 0.22 mmol), CuI (0.25 g, 1.30 mmol), and LiCl (0.55 g, 13.0 mmol) were weighed into a round bottom flask, equipped with reflux condenser, and the flask was purged with Argon. To this mixture was added 1,4-dioxane (100 mL) and the resulting suspension was stirred for 5 hrs at 90° C. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and concentrated in vacuo. To the solid residue was added EtOAc and DCM then the suspension was filtered through a Celite pad. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was purified by column chromatography (SiO2, elution with 45% CH3CN: 50% DCM: 5% MeOH) to give crude product which was further purified by column chromatography (SiO2, elution with 4-7% MeOH in DCM) to provide 1.03 g of product (51%). LC/MS (FA) ES+ 471. 1H NMR (400 MHz, d6-DMSO) δ: 10.6 (s, 1H), 8.39 (s, 1H), 8.36 (d, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 7.86 (s, 1H), 7.73 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.49 (dd, J=1.8, 5.3 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (dd, J=2.2, 8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.19-7.23 (m, 2H), 7.03 (d, J=1.1 Hz, 1H), 5.54-5.65 (m, 1H), 5.02-5.07 (m, 1H), 4.79-4.86 (m, 1H), 4.28-4.32 (m, 2H), 2.12 (s, 3H).
