Cesium carbonate → 3-Fluoro-4-(pyrimidin-5-yl)picolinonitrile

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A vial containing a mixture of 3-fluoro-4-iodopicolinonitrile (1.25 g, 5.04 mmol), pyrimidin-5-ylboronic acid (1.249 g, 10.08 mmol), and cesium carbonate (3.45 g, 10.58 mmol) in dioxane (Ratio: 2.0, Volume: 10.18 ml) and water (Ratio: 1.000, Volume: 5.09 ml) was degassed with N2 for 5 min, then PdCl2(dppf)-CH2Cl2Adduct (0.218 g, 0.267 mmol) was added. The solution was heated at 85° C. for 17 hr, and then allowed to cool to room temperature. The reaction was quenched with water. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc. The layers were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with EtOAc (3×). The organic phases were combined, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated to afford a brown residue. The crude material was purified by MPLC (80 g column, 60 mL/min, 30-100% EtOAc in hexanes) to give the title compound (695 mg, 3.44 mmol, 68.2% yield) as a pink solid. ESI MS (M+H)+=201.1.

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