“…Following a previously described procedure, [ 11 ] a mixture of anhydrous p ‐dioxane (2 ml), xantphos (20.44 mg, 0.035 mmol), and palladium(II) acetate (3.97 mg, 0.018 mmol) was charged into flask #1 to generate the catalyst, and a mixture of 8 (60 mg, 0.177 mmol), 3‐aminopyridine (16.62 mg, 0.177 mmol), potassium carbonate (488 mg, 3.53 mmol), and p ‐dioxane (2 ml) into flask #2. After transferring the solution of flask #1 to flask #2, the mixture was heated at reflux for 2 h. Workup as described for 9a left a crude solid that was triturated in 2‐propanol/dichloromethane and collected to give 9g (55 mg, 78%) as a deep yellow solid: 1 H NMR (dimethyl sulfoxide‐ d 6 ) δ 10.70 (s, 1H, NH), 8.89 (s, 1H, pyr H‐2), 8.21 (d, J = 12.5 Hz, 2H, pyr H‐4, H‐6), 7.49–7.27 (m, 4H, Ph‐F 2 H‐2, H‐5, H‐6, pyr H‐5), 5.45 (s, 2H, ‐CH 2 Ph‐F 2 ), 3.33 (s, 3H, NCH 3 ); MS m/z 398.0 (M + H).…”