2-(Benzyloxy)-4-chloro-3-nitropyridine → 2-Benzyloxy-4-(2-chloro-4-methoxy-5-methyl-phenyl)-3-nitro-pyridine

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2-Benzyloxy-4-chloro-3-nitro-pyridine (Wilde, et. al. WO 99/01454) (924 mg, 3.49 mmol) and 2-chloro-5-methyl-4-methoxyphenylboronic acid (prepared substantially as described in Speicher, A.; Kolz, J.; Sambanje, R. P. Synthesis, 2002, 17, 2503) (770 mg, 3.84 mmol) were treated substantially as described in Part A of Example 19a to give 514 mg (39%) of 2-benzyloxy-4-(2-chloro-4-methoxy-5-methyl-phenyl)-3-nitro-pyridine: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 8.27 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1 H), 7.47–7.44 (m, 2H), 7.40–7.30 (m, 3H), 7.00 (s, 1H), 6.94 (d, J=5.4 Hz, 1 H), 6.90 (s, 1 H), 5.55 (s, 2 H), 3.84 (s, 3 H), 2.17 (s, 3 H).

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