A mixture of A sealable vial was charged with N-((4S,6S)-4-(6-bromo-3-fluoropyridin-2-yl)-4-methyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro-4H-1,3-oxazin-2-yl)-4-nitrobenzamide (8a, 0.297 g, 0.588 mmol), 5-chloropicolinamide (intermediate 18, 0.101 g, 0.647 mmol), cesium carbonate (0.479 g, 1.470 mmol, Aldrich), Pd2(dba)3 (0.040 g, 0.044 mmol, Strem), (9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine) (0.102 g, 0.176 mmol, Aldrich), and 1,4-dioxane (4 mL). The reaction was purged with Argon and heated to 110° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite and the filter cake was washed with EtOAc. The filtrate was washed with water and brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude material was purified via silica gel flash chromatography (gradient 0-35% EtOAc in hexanes) to afford the title compound as a light yellow solid. MS m/z=581 [M+H]+. Calculated for C24H17ClF4N6O5: 580.
