A suspension of N-[3-(3-fluoro-4-iodo-phenyl)-2-oxo-oxazolidin-5-ylmethyl]acetamide 62 (20.0 g, 52.8 mmol) in anhydrous 1,4-dioxane (130 mL) was treated with 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolane (10.2 g, 11.6 mL, 80.0 mmol) and triethylamine (16.0 g, 22.4 mL, 158.4 mmol) at room temperature, and the resulting reaction mixture was degassed three times under a steady stream of argon before being treated with dichloro[1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]palladium(II) (Pd(dppf)2Cl2, 1.32 g, 1.6 mmol, 0.03 equiv) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was then degassed three times again under a steady stream of argon before being heated to reflux for 7 h. When TLC and LCMS showed that the reaction was complete, the reaction mixture was cooled down to room temperature before being treated with water (100 mL) and ethyl acetate (100 mL). The two layers were separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with water (2×50 mL) and saturated aqueous NaCl solution (50 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate (MgSO4), and concentrated in vacuo. The residual brown oil was further dried in vacuo to afford the crude desired N-{3-[3-fluoro-4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-phenyl]-2-oxo-oxazolidin-5-ylmethyl}acetamide 81 (18.8 g, 20.0 g theoretical, 94%) as a brown solid which was of sufficient purity to be used in subsequent reactions.
