Water → Ethyl (2R)-4-(3-fluoro-2-oxo-4-phenylpyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-methyl-2-(methylsulfonyl)butanoate

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Pd EnCat™ (172 mg, 0.067 mmol) was added to a mixture of potassium carbonate (298 mg, 2.16 mmol), phenylboronic acid (132 mg, 1.08 mmol), and ethyl (2R)-4-(3-fluoro-4-iodo-2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-methyl-2-(methylsulfonyl)butanoate (288 mg, 0.647 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane:water (10 ml, 4:1) in a 20 ml vial. The vial was sealed and the reaction was heated to 80° C. and allowed to stir overnight at that temperature. The reaction was allowed to cool to RT, filtered and the catalyst was washed with methanol (20 mL) and dichloromethane (20 mL). The combined filtrates were concentrated and the crude product was purified via flash chromatography using an Analogix SF15-12g column and an eluant of ethyl acetate in heptane (60-100%) to afford the title compound as a white solid (131 mg, 51.2%). LC-MS m/z 396.1 (M+1). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm 1.36 (t, J=7.12 Hz, 3H) 1.79 (s, 3H) 2.46-2.67 (m, 2H) 3.14 (s, 3H) 3.99-4.16 (m, 1H) 4.22-4.44 (m, 3H) 6.24-6.39 (m, 1H) 7.10-7.22 (m, 1H) 7.38-7.55 (m, 3H) 7.54-7.63 (m, 2H).

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