A round bottom flask under nitrogen atmosphere was charged with Pd2(dba)3 (578 mg, 0.63 mmol), Xantphos (1.1 g, 1.89 mmol), and sodium tert-butoxide (364 mg, 3.79 mmol). This was purged with Argon followed by addition of 3-bromo-8-chloro-1,5-naphthyridine (615 mg, 2.53 mmol), morpholine (0.22 mL, 2.53 mmol), and toluene (1M, 2.53 mL). This was then placed in a preheated oil bath at 80° C. After 2.5 hours, reaction was stopped, cooled to room temp and diluted with Dichloromethane. This was passed over a celite cake and filtrate concentrated to afford brown oil; which was purified by ISCO silica gel chromatography (40 g, 1% MeOH/DCM over 50 mins) to afford 8-chloro-3-morpholino-1,5-naphthyridine (200 mg, 32% yield). MS[M+H]=250.2. Calc'd for C12H12ClN3O=249.7.
