4-Pyridinylboronic acid (81 mg, 0.66 mmol), sodium carbonate (1.09 ml, 1.09 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (37.9 mg, 0.03 mmol) were added to a solution of 5-bromo-2-{([(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]oxy}-N-4-pyridazinylbenzamide (may be prepared as described in Example 77; 220 mg, 0.55 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (5 ml). The reaction was heated at 120° C. for one hour. The solvent was removed in vacuo, redissolved in 1:1 dimethylsulfoxide/methanol and purified by MDAP to yield the title compound as a white solid. 58 mg.
