Diphenylmethylidenehydrazine → N-Benzhydrylidene-N'-(5-fluoro-3-methyl-pyridin-2-yl)-hydrazine

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A mixture of 2-bromo-5-fluoro-3-methyl-pyridine (190 mg, 1.0 mmol), benzhydrylidene-hydrazine (216 mg, 1.1 mmol), phenylboronic acid (5 mol %, 6 mg) and potassium tert-butoxide (157 mg, 1.4 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (6 mL) was degassed with a stream of argon, treated with Pd(OAc)2 (2 mol %, 5 mg) and racemic (1,1′-binaphthalene-2,2′-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine) (2 mol %, 12 mg) and stirred at 80° C. for 1 h. After cooling to RT, the reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc and washed with water followed by a saturated aqueous solution of NaHCO3. The organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The resultant residue was purified by FCC on silica, using a gradient of 1-10% MeOH in DCM followed by 100% DCM, to afford the title compound (196 mg, 64%). LCMS (Method 4): Rt 3.44 min, m/z 306 [MH+].

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