Reaction Steps
6-Chloro-N-cyclopropylmethylnicotinamide (Intermediate 1) (18.5 mg, 0.073 mmol) and 4-methyl-N-(3-pyridin-2-yl-phenyl)-3-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-benzamide (Intermediate 6) (30 mg, 0.072 mmol), aqueous sodium carbonate (2N, 0.5 ml) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (4 mg) were heated at 90° C. in DMF (1 ml) for 4 hours. The reaction was absorbed onto silica, applied to a bond-elut (5 g, silica) and eluted with an ethylacetate/cyclohexane (0 to 100%) and then acetone. The solvent was evaporated from the product fractions under vacuum and the residue triturated with ether to give N-cyclopropylmethyl-6-[2-methyl-5-(3-pyridin-2-yl-phenylcarbamoyl)-phenyl]-nicotinamide as a white solid (20 mg). LCMS: retention time 3.18 min, MH− 463. NMR: δH [2H6]-DMSO 10.43,(1H, s), 9.14,(1H, s), 8.86,(1H, t), 8.69,(1H, s), 8.53,(1H, s), 8.34,(1H, d), 8.11,(1H, s), 8.01,(1H, d), 7.95-7.89,(3H, m), 7.81-7.78,(2H, m), 7.53-7.46,(2H, m), 7.38,(1H, t), 3.21,(2H, t), 2.44,(3H, s), 1.07,(1H, m), 0.47,(2H, m), 0.27,(2H, m).
