In a tube a solution of isopropenyboronic acid pinacol ester (3.31 mL, 17.6 mmole, 3 eq) in toluene (200 mL) was degassed with N2 at 50° C. for 15 min. To this was added Pd(PPh3)4 (0.68 g, 0.59 mmole, 0.1 eq) and 2-(5-bromo-2-chloro-pyridin-4-ylamino)-N-methyl-benzamide (2 g, 5.87 mmole, 1 eq). This mixture was again degassed with N2 for 30 min. A degassed solution of K3PO4 (4.98 g, 23.48 mmole, 4 eq) in H2O (8 mL) was added to the above mixture in one portion and the resulting mixture was heated at 110° C. for overnight. After completion of the reaction, it was allowed to cool to room temperature and solvent was removed under reduced pressure to yield crude product. It was purified by column chromatography over silica gel (60-120 mesh) using 0.5% MeOH-DCM as the eluant to give the title compound as an off white solid (0.8 g, 45%). 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 2.06 (s, 3H), 2.73-2.74 (d, 3H, J=4.52 Hz), 5.14 (s, 1H), 5.46 (s, 1H), 7.04-7.15 (m, 2H), 7.45-7.60 (m, 2H), 7.64-7.71 (m, 1H), 7.96 (s, 1H), 8.60-8.72 (brs, 1H), 9.87 (s, 1H). LC-MS [M+H]+=302.2.
