Sodium Carbonate → 5-(4-Chloro-phenyl)-6-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-ylmethoxy)-nicotinic acid methyl ester

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5-Bromo-6-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-ylmethoxy)-nicotinic acid methyl ester (0.35 g, 1.1 mmol) was dissolved in toluene (6 mL). To this solution was added (4-chloro-phenyl)-boronic acid (0.17 g, 1.1 mmol), [1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) dichloro-methane complex (43 mg), and 2 N sodium carbonate solution (2 mL). The whole mixture was heated with stirring at 90° C. for 18 h, cooled to room temperature and eluted with ethyl acetate over 10 g ChemElut (Varian). The solvent was evaporated and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica (n-heptane/ethyl acetate gradient) to yield 0.29 g of the title compound as an off-white solid, MS (ISP) 358.1 (M+H)+.

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