A mixture of 3-benzothiazol-2-yl-5-bromopyridin-2-ylamine (BB7) (1.37 g, 4.5 mmol), 3-(carbomethoxy)phenylboronic acid (0.85 g, 4.7 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (5 mol %), and Cs2CO3 (3.5 g, 10.8 mmol) in dioxane/H2O (4:1, 30 mL) were heated under nitrogen at 90° C. for 5 h. Solvents were removed in vacuo, water (10 mL) was added to the residue, and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×10 mL). The combined EtOAc extracts were dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude material thus obtained was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using mixtures of EtOAc/Hexanes to give the title compound. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ=7.28 (brs, 2H), 7.41 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 1H), 7.51 (t, J=6.9 Hz, 1H), 7.64 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.77 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 1H), 7.92 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 8.01-8.05 (m, 2H), 8.18 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 8.26 (t, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.47 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H).
