In a microwave reaction vessel, slurry 6-chloro-4-(cyclopropylmethyl-amino)-pyrimidine (560 mg, 3 mmol), [4-(N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-aminomethyl)phenyl]boronic acid (1.1 g, 4 mmol), and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (190 mg, 0.15 mmol) in toluene (4 mL). Add ethanol (1 mL) followed by potassium carbonate (0.9 g, 6 mmol) dissolved in water (300 □L). Irradiate in microwave (300 watts) at 120° C. for 60 min. Cool to room temperature, pour reaction mixture into 1N NaOH (250 mL) and extract with DCM (3×100 mL). Wash the combined organic extracts with brine, dry over MgSO4, filter and concentrate in vacuo. Purify by chromatography on silica gel (40 g) eluting with hexane/EtOAc (4:1 to 2:3 over 45 min; 40 mL/min) to obtain the desired intermediate (450 mg, 38%) as a yellow solid. MS (ES+) m/z: 355 (M+H)+.
