A mixture of 3-bromo-7-hydroxy-4-methyl-2H-chromen-2-one (1) (7.66 g, 30 mmol), 4-(2-morpholmoethylcarbamoyl)phenylboronic acid (2) (10.02 g, 36 mmol), Na3PO4 (17.21 g, 105 mmol) in a mixture of ethoxyethanol (0.140 g) and water (14 g) was purged with Argon for five minutes in a 250 mL pressure vessel. Ligand Sphos (738 mg, 1.8 mmol) and Pd(OAc)2 (206 mg, 0.90 mmol) were added under an Argon atmosphere then the vessel was sealed and heated for 60 min in a 150° C. oil bath with strong stirring. This process was repeated once. Upon cooling, the reaction mixtures were filtered through a silica plug using CH2Cl2 and MeOH wash. The unified solutions were evaporated to 100 mL slowly diluted with water (100 mL) and crystallized at 0° C. The product was filtered, washed with 50% MeOH (2×50 mL) and dried to afford 22.33 g (9.1%) of the title compound. MS (ESI): 409 (M+H)+. 1H NMR (δ, DMSO (2.5 ppm)): 10.57 (s, br, 1H), 8.46 (t, 1H), 7.88 (d, 2H), 7.69 (d, 1H), 7.39 (d, 2H), 6.84 (dd, 1H), 6.76 (d, 1H), 3.57 (m, 4H), 3.40 and 2.48 (2q, 2×2H), 2.43 (m, 4H), 2.22 (s, 3H).
