2-Dicyclohexylphosphino-2',6'-dimethoxybiphenyl → Methyl 5-cyano-3-methoxypicolinate

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In a 350-mL resealable vessel, Pd2dba3 (1.487 g, 1.623 mmol), dicyclohexyl(2′,6′-dimethoxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)phosphine (1.444 g, 3.52 mmol), dicyanozinc (3.18 g, 27.1 mmol), and methyl 5-chloro-3-methoxypicolinate (step 1, 5.455 g, 27.1 mmol) were taken up in DMF (80 mL). The reaction mixture was purged with Argon and subsequently heated to 120° C. for 2 h. Upon cooling, the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was filtered through Celite, and the filter cake was rinsed with 1% MeOH/DCM. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (33%-40% EtOAc/hexane) to afford the title compound as a white solid (4.51 g, 23.5 mmol, 87%)., MS m/z=193 [M+H]+. Calculated for C9H8N2O3: 192. 1H NMR in CDCl3 δ: 8.51 (d, 1H, J=1.6), 7.55 (d, 1H, J=1.6), 4.00 (s, 3H), 3.97 (s, 3H).

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