A mixture of 4-amino-3,6-dichloro-5-fluoropicolinonitrile (0.37 g, 1.80 mmol), 2-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborinane (0.549 g, 2.24 mmol) and KF (0.209 g, 3.59 mmol) was taken into acetonitrile (6.75 mL) and water (2.25 mL). The mixture was stirred and sparged with a nitrogen atmosphere. Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (63mg, 0.1 mmol) was added, and the mixture was again sparged with nitrogen. The solution was then heated to 75° C. under nitrogen for 2 h. Upon cooling down, a precipitate formed and was collected by filtration, washed with water and dried under vacuum to give the product (0.34 g) as an off-white solid. The aqueous phase was extracted with EtOAc (3×), and the combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried, and concentrated. Purification by silica gel chromatography gave additional product (0.12 g) as a white solid. Total yield 78%. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.50 (dd, J=8.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (s, 2H), 7.33 (dd, J=8.5, 7.2 Hz, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (101 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 152.97 (d, J=253.2 Hz), 145.73 (d, J=260.8 Hz), 143.82 (d, J=13.7 Hz), 141.83 (d, J=14.7 Hz), 138.45 (d, J=14.8 Hz), 133.93-132.79 (m), 128.93 (d, J=3.3 Hz), 127.74 (s), 126.37-125.10 (m), 122.08 (dd, J=13.6, 3.9 Hz), 119.34 (d, J=4.5 Hz), 114.99 (s), 61.61 (s); 19F NMR (376 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ −129.00 (dd, J=28.2, 7.0 Hz, 1F), −133.76 (d, J=28.2 Hz, 1F); ESIMS m/z 330.1 ([M+H]+).
