A mixture of toluene (1.5 mL) and water (0.5 mL) containing 4-chloro-N-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-N-methyl-3-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-benzamide (60 mg, 0.15 mmol), 5-bromo-2-chloro-pyridine (29 mg, 0.15 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (12 mg, 0.01 mmol), Na2CO3 (2N, 0.15 mL, 0.3 mmol), was bubbled with N2 for 5 min, then heated at 100° C. for 12 hrs. The mixture was filtered and purified by prep. LCMS to yield 4-chloro-3-(6-chloro-pyridin-3-yl)-N-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-N-methyl-benzamide 2-1 (22.6 mg). MS: 386.7 (M+H)+; tR=7.77 min (method 2).
