1,4-Dioxane → 2,3-Difluoro-5-(3-methylisoxazol-5-yl)pyridine

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A 330 mL pressure vessel was charged with 5-chloro-2,3-difluoropyridine (5.00 g, 33.4 mmol), 3-methyl-5-(tributylstannyl)isoxazole (14.9 g, 40.1 mmol), XPhos (2.23 g, 4.68 mmol), PdOAc2 (0.526 g, 2.34 mmol), and 1,4-dioxane (167 ml, 33.4 mmol), flushed with argon, sealed, then heated at 100° C. for 16 hours. The mixture was concentrated; the black oil was absorbed onto silica gel and purified by MPLC, eluting with 20% EtOAc in hexanes isocratic to yield an orange solid; this was triturated with hexanes to give 2,3-difluoro-5-(3-methylisoxazol-5-yl)pyridine (3.6278 g, 55.3% yield) as a yellow solid.

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