Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → Methyl 2-(5-(3,5-difluorophenyl)furo[3,2-b]pyridin-3-yl)acetate

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A sealable microwave vial was charged with methyl 2-(5-chlorofuro[3,2-b]pyridin-3-yl)acetate (1.30 g, 5.74 mmol), palladium(II) acetate (0.129 g, 0.574 mmol), potassium phosphate (3.66 g, 17.2 mmol), 3,5-difluorophenylboronic acid (1.81 g, 11.5 mmol), and X-Phos (0.548 g, 1.15 mmol). The vial was sealed, flushed with N2, then dioxane (20 mL) and H2O (2 mL) were added. The solution was sparged with N2 for 10 min, then heated at 100° C. for 24 h. The mixture was then cooled to rt and concentrated for purification by MPLC (Teledine Isco combiFlash Companion). The crude residue was taken up in minimal CH2Cl2 and absorbed onto a 25 g loading cartridge and passed through a Redi-Sep® pre-packed silica gel column (120 g) using 98:2 Hexanes:EtOAc to 70:30 Hexanes:EtOAc gradient to afford methyl 2-(5-(3,5-difluorophenyl)furo[3,2-b]pyridin-3-yl)acetate (1.46 g, 83.8% yield) as a colorless amorphous solid. LRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C16H12F2NO3 (M+H) 304.1. found 304.2.

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