To a stirred, degassed solution of 5-bromo-2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)oxazole-4-carboxamide (0.125 g, 0.41 mmol) in trifluorotoluene (10.5 mL) was added tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (0.019 g, 0.02 mmol), (±)-2,2″-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1″-binaphthalene (0.026 g, 0.04 mmol), and sodium tert-butoxide (0.059 g, 0.62 mmol). This was followed by addition of p-anisidine (0.076 g, 0.62 mmol) after approximately 3 minutes stirring. The resulting reaction mixture was degassed, placed under an N2 atmosphere and heated in the microwave at 160° C. for 20 minutes. The solution was then washed with 2M aqueous HCl and brine, dried over MgSO4 and then passed through a MP-SH resin cartridge (500 mg). The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue purified by preparative HPLC to afford 2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-(4-methoxyphenylamino)oxazole-4-carboxamide (0.0037 g, 0.01 mmol, 8%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (DMSO) δ 3.74 (3H, s), 6.93 (2H, d), 7.29 (2H, br. s), 7.32 (2H, t), 7.37 (2H, d), 7.62 (1H, m), 9.17 (1H, br. s). LCMS (2) Rt: 2.80 min; m/z (ES+) 346.
