2-Amino-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine → 6-bromo-4-methyl-N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine-2-yl]pyridine-2-amine

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Sodium tert-butoxide (5.87 g, 61.1 mmol) and 1,1′-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ferrocene palladium dichloride (0.905 g, 1.4 mmol) were added to a solution of 2,6-dibromo-4-methyl pyridine (13.9 g, 55.5 mmol) and 2-amino-4-trifluoromethyl pyridine (9.0 g, 55.5 mmol) in nitrogen sparged dioxane (180 mL). The slurry was evacuated and refilled with nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 15 minutes and then heated to 75° C. for 12 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to 25° C., water (20 mL) was added, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×200 mL). The combined extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel to afford 6-bromo-4-methyl-N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine-2-yl]pyridine-2-amine as a white solid. MS ESI calc'd. for C12H10BrF3N3[M+H]+ 332 and 334. found 332 and 334. 1H NMR (600 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 10.40 (s, 1H), 8.46 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 7.90 (s, 1H), 7.60 (s, 1H), 7.18 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (s, 1H), 2.25 (s, 3H).

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