N-(2-Bromo-5-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-4-tert-butyl-N-methoxymethyl-benzenesulfonamide (140 mg, 300 mmol) was placed in a dry 2-neck 10 mL round-bottom flask. The flask was evacuated and purged with nitrogen, followed by the addition of THF (1 mL). The homogeneous mixture was lowered to −5° C. and iPrMgCl (0.33 mL, 2.0 M) was added dropwise. Upon completion of the addition, the reaction was stirred 90 minutes, followed by the slow addition of 3,N-dimethoxy-N-methyl-benzamide (146 mg, 750 mmol). The reaction was stirred overnight, during which the ice-bath warmed to room temperature. The following day, the reaction was quenched with a small quantity of MeOH and the solvents evaporated in vacuo. The residue was subsequently treated with 4.0 M HCl in dioxane (1 mL, 4.0 mmol) and H2O (0.33 mL), and then stirred at 80° C. for two hours. The resultant solution was diluted with EtOAc, washed with water, saturated sodium bicarbonate, and brine; dried with MgSO4, and evaporated employing reduced pressure. The crude residue was subsequently purified via reverse phase HPLC (Column: Varian Dynamax 250×21.4 mm Microsorb100-8 C18, 0.1% TFA/H2O (Eluent A): 0.1% TFA/MeCN (Eluent B)): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.61 (s, 1H), 8.29 (d, 1H), 8.20 (d, 1H), 7.74 (d, 2H), 7.58 (s, 1H), 7.50 (d, 1H), 7.42 (d, 2H), 7.37 (d, 1H), 7.29 (t, 1H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 1.25 (s, 9H); MS (ES) M+H expect 459.1, found 459.5.
