Triethylamine → 5-(3,4-Dimethylphenylethynyl)-nicotinonitrile

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Combine 4-iodo-o-xylene (0.362 g, 1.561 mmol), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (II) dichloride (55 mg, 0.078 mmol), and copper (I) iodide (30 mg, 0.156 mmol) in triethylamine (0.653 mL, 4.683 mmol) and stir under nitrogen for 5 min at 80° C. Add a solution of 5-ethynylnicotinonitrile, (prepared essentially as described in PREPARATION 4), (200 mg, 1.561 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (2.50 mL), and stir under nitrogen overnight. Cool to room temperature and dilute with diethyl ether. Wash with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate, dry (sodium sulfate), filter, and concentrate. Purify the residue by silica gel chromatography, eluting with 95:5 to 50:50 dichloromethane:ethyl acetate, to give the title compound as a yellow solid (225 mg, 62%).

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