To a 5-mL microwave safe vial was added potassium fluoride (0.378 g, 6.50 mmol), methyl 4-amino-6-chloro-5-fluoro-3-vinylpicolinate (0.5 g, 2.168 mmol), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride (0.152 g, 0.217 mmol) and 4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)benzaldehyde (0.528 g, 2.276 mmol). A mixture of water (1 mL) and acetonitrile (2 mL) was added and the reaction was capped and placed in a Biotage Initiator™ microwave reactor for 20 min at 115° C., with external IR-sensor temperature monitoring from the side of the vessel. Upon cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was diluted with CH2Cl2 (25 mL) and water (25 mL) and the organic layer was filtered through a cotton plug. An additional extraction using EtOAc (25 mL) was combined with the CH2Cl2 and dried over Na2SO4 (50 g). Following filtration of the combined organics through a cotton plug and concentration on a rotary evaporator, the residue was purified using a Teledyne ISCO purification system with a gradient eluent system of CH2Cl2 and EtOAc to yield the title compound as a white solid (635 mg): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.08 (s, 1H), 8.13 (dd, J=8.3, 1.6 Hz, 2H), 8.03-7.93 (m, 2H), 6.91 (ddd, J=18.1, 11.6, 0.5 Hz, 1H), 5.73 (dd, J=11.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 5.60 (dd, J=18.1, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 4.77 (s, 2H), 3.94 (s, 3H); 19F NMR (376 MHz, CDCl3) δ −143.49; ESIMS m/z 301 ([M+H]+).
