A mixture of 5-bromo-3-chloropyridazine (1.0 equiv.), N-(6-methyl-5-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide (1.2 equiv.), sodium carbonate (2 M, 8 equiv.) and PdCl2(dppf) (0.5 equiv.) in DME (0.1 M) were heated to 108° C. for 13 min in the microwave. After removing the DME soluble portion and concentrating, the resulting solid was partitioned between EtOAc and water. The organic phase was washed with brine and then dried over sodium sulfate. After concentration, the crude material was purified via preparative reverse phase HPLC. Volatiles were removed by rotary evaporation and the remaining aqueous solution was basified with sodium bicarbonate. This solution was extracted with EtOAc, washed with brine and dried over sodium sulfate. The solution was concentrated and dried under vacuo to give crude N-(5-(6-chloropyridazin-4-yl)-6-methylpyridin-3-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide and was used in the next step without further purification. LCMS (m/z) (M+H)=393.1, Rt=0.73 min.
