Triethylamine → 5-chloro-4-(((4,4-difluoro-1-methylcyclohexyl)-oxy)methyl)-2-fluoro-N-(methylsulfonyl)benzamide

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A mixture of 1-bromo-5-chloro-4-(((4,4-difluoro-1-methylcyclohexyl)-oxy)methyl)-2-fluorobenzene (0.20 g, 0.50 mmol), methanesulfonamide (0.14 g, 1.50 mmol), molybdenumhexacarbonyl (0.13 g, 0.50 mmol) and triethylamine (0.3 mL, 2.15 mmol) in dioxane was sparged with nitrogen for 5 minutes, xantphos (0.05 g, 0.09 mmol) and palladium acetate (0.01 g, 0.045 mmol) were added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture was heated at 100 □C for 1 hour under microwave irradiation (300 psi) and then cooled to ambient temperature, diluted with methylene chloride (100 mL) and saturated ammonium chloride (20 mL). The organic layer was washed with brine; dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. Purification of the residue by column chromatography (10% to 30% gradient ethyl acetate in hexanes) afforded the title compound (0.06 g, 28%) as a colorless solid: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.78 (d, J=15.0 Hz, 1H), 8.05 (d, J=6.9 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (d, J=12.9 Hz, 1H), 4.47 (s, 2H), 3.42 (s, 3H), 2.11-1.89 (m, 6H), 1.74-1.62 (m, 2H), 1.27 (s, 3H); MS (ES−) m/z 412.1, 414.1 (M−1).

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