Cesium fluoride → 1-(2-{4-[2-(3,5-Difluoro-phenyl)-6-methoxy-naphthalen-1-yloxy]-phenoxy}-ethyl)-azepane

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Dissolve trifluoromethanesulfonic acid 1-[4-(2-azepan-1-yl-ethoxy)-phenoxy]-6-methoxy-naphthalen-2-yl ester (435 mg, 0.80 mmol), cesium fluoride (864 mg, 5.7 mmol) and 1,3-difluoro-benzene boronic acid (383 mg, 2.4 mmol) in dry acetonitrile (5 mL) and stir for 10 minutes. In a separate flask suspend palladium acetate (18 mg, 0.08 mmol), and tricyclohexyl phosphine (33 mg, 0.12 mmol) in dry acetonitrile (15 mL) and sonicate under nitrogen for 10 minutes. Combine contents of both flasks and heat reaction at 60° C. for 15 minutes. Cool reaction and filter through celite and concentrate in vacuo. Purify crude product by silica gel chromatography using a 1-3% gradient of methanol in dichloromethane to yield 400 mg (98%) of the title compound: mass spectrum (ion spray) m/z=504.2 (M+H).

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