Sodium Carbonate → 7-Bromo-4-[1-(2,5-difluorophenyl)methylidene]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-[1,8]naphthyridine

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Na2CO3 (2N, 3.46 mL, 10.0 eq) was added to a mixture of 7-bromo-4-[1-iodomethylidene]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-[1,8]naphthyridine (607 mg), 2,5-difluorophenylboronic acid (328 mg, 1.2 eq), and Pd(PPh3)4 (150 mg, 0.075 eq) in toluene/ethanol (4:1 v/v). The reaction was heated at 85° C. for five (5) hours, Celite was added, and the mixture was then concentrated under reduced pressure. The dry powder was then dry loaded onto a silica gel column and a gradient of 0-20% ethyl acetate/hexane as the eluting solvent gave the title compound as a yellow solid (70% yield). M.p. 178-179° C., LCMS: m/z=337 (M+H+), 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 2.62 (t, J=5.8 Hz, 2H), 3.55-3.62 (m, 2H), 5.25 (bs, 1H), 6.26 (s, 1H), 6.45 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 6.85-6.95 (m, 1H), 6.96-7.12 (m, 3H).

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