To a 40 mL scintillation vial containing 4-(1-hydroxy-1,3-dihydro-benzo[c][1,2]oxaborol-5-yloxy)-benzoic acid (150 mg, 0.55 mmol, 1.0 eq.), EDCI (157.2 mg, 0.82 mmol, 1.5 eq.), HOBt (111.5 mg, 0.82 mmol, 1.5 eq.) and DMAP (12 mg, 0.1 mmol, 0.2 eq.) in DCM (10.0 mL) was added benzylamine (24 μL, 2.2 mmol, 4.0 eq.) drop wise. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was treated with H2O (10 mL) and the layers were separated. The aqueous was extracted with DCM (2×5 mL), combined organic phase was washed with brine (10 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was applied to silica chromatography eluting with MeOH/DCM (0:100 to 10:90) to give N-benzyl-4-(1-hydroxy-1,3-dihydro-benzo[c][1,2]oxaborol-5-yloxy)-benzamide as a white solid. LCMS (m/z) 360 (M+H); 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ: 9.01 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 7.91-8.00 (m, 2H), 7.76 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.29-7.36 (m, 5H), 7.21-7.27 (m, 1H), 7.08-7.13 (m, 2H), 7.02-7.07 (m, 2H), 4.95 (s, 2H), 4.48 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 2H).
