The general procedure described in Example 3 was used with 2-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-nicotinic acid (250 mg, 1.00 mmol), 3-acetylphenylboronic acid (246 mg, 1.50 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (2.2 mg, 0.010 mmol, 1 mol %), sodium 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,6′-dimethoxybiphenyl-3′-sulfonate (10.0 mg, 0.020 mmol, 2 mol %), K2CO3 (414 mg, 3.00 mmol), water (2.0 mL), 12 h, 80° C. The product was isolated as a white solid (305 mg, 92%). Mp=188° C. 1H NMR (400 MHz, d 6-DMSO) δ: 8.27 (m, 2H), 8.20 (s, 1H), 7.93 (d, 2H, J=7.6 Hz), 7.77 (d, 2H, J=8.8 Hz), 7.61 (t, 1H, J=7.6 Hz), 7.23 (m, 3H), 2.66 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, d6-DMSO) δ: 198.0, 166.0, 160.7, 153.9, 150.3, 141.5, 140.0, 137.5, 135.6, 131.3, 129.4, 128.2, 126.9, 126.4, 121.9, 119.1, 117.2, 26.9. IR (neat, cm−1): 3000-4000 (br), 1674, 1651, 1585, 1418, 1231, 896, 770. Anal. Calcd for C20H15NO4: C, 72.06; H, 4.54. Found: C, 71.68; H, 4.41.
