Acetonitrile → Methyl 4-amino-5-chloro-6-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methoxy-picolinate

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To a 5 mL microwave vial were added methyl 4-amino-6-bromo-5-chloro-3-methoxypicolinate (200 mg, 0.677 mmol), 4-chlorophenylboronic acid (116 mg, 0.744 mmol), KF (102 mg, 1.760 mmol), and PdCl2(PPh3)2 (48 mg, 0.068 mmol). Subsequently, CH3CN (1.1 mL) and H2O (1.1 mL) were added, and the reaction vial was sealed and heated in a Biotage microwave at 115° C. for 20 min. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted with EtOAc (3 mL). The organic phase was separated, and the aqueous phase was washed with EtOAc (2×2 mL). The organic extracts were combined, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was using a Teledyne ISCO purification system with a gradient eluent system of EtOAc and hexanes to yield the title compound as a white solid (106 mg, 47%): mp 139-141° C.; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.60-7.54 (m, 2H), 7.54-7.47 (m, 2H), 6.68 (s, 2H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 3.77 (s, 3H); ESIMS m/z 326.00 ([M−H]−).

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