Diethylamine → 5-(3-Hydroxy-4-fluorophenylethynyl)-nicotinonitrile

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Add bis(phenylnitrile)palladium (II) chloride (115 mg, 0.3 mmol) to a suspension of copper (I) iodide (38 mg, 0.2 mmol) in anhydrous 1,4-dioxane (1 mL) under nitrogen and stir for 10 min. Sequentially add 5-ethynyl-nicotinonitrile (1.28 g, 10 mmol), (prepared essentially as described in PREPARATION 4), 2-fluoro-5-iodophenol, (prepared essentially as described in PREPARATION 15), (2.37 g, 10 mmol) and tri-tert-butylphosphine (121 mg, 0.6 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (5 mL) and diethylamine (2.1 mL, 12 mmol) to the reaction mixture and heat at 60° C. for 16 h. Cool to room temperature, dilute with diethyl ether, stir for 10 min and filter through diatomaceous earth. Wash the filtrate sequentially with water and an aqueous saturated solution of sodium chloride. Dry (magnesium sulfate), concentrate and purify by silica gel chromatography, eluting with 0:100 to 35:100 ethyl acetate:hexanes, to give the title compound (1.0 g, 42%) as a yellow solid.

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