Reaction SMILES: [F:1][C:2]1[C:7]2[C:8]([C:18](=[O:21])[NH:19][CH3:20])=[C:9]([C:11]3[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:14]([F:17])=[CH:13][CH:12]=3)[O:10][C:6]=2[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[C:22]1[CH:23]=[C:24]([CH:28]=[CH:29][C:30]=1[O:31][CH3:32])[C:25]([OH:27])=O.C(N(C(C)C)C(C)C)C.[CH3:42][C:43]([NH2:46])([CH3:45])[CH3:44].CN(C(ON1N=NC2C=CC=NC1=2)=[N+](C)C)C.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F>C(#N)C.CN(C=O)C>[C:43]([NH:46][C:25]([C:24]1[CH:28]=[CH:29][C:30]([O:31][CH3:32])=[C:22]([C:3]2[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]3[O:10][C:9]([C:11]4[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:14]([F:17])=[CH:13][CH:12]=4)=[C:8]([C:18]([NH:19][CH3:20])=[O:21])[C:7]=3[C:2]=2[F:1])[CH:23]=1)=[O:27])([CH3:45])([CH3:44])[CH3:42]
Reactant: CC(C)(C)N
Reactant: CNC(=O)c1c(-c2ccc(F)cc2)oc2ccc(-c3cc(C(=O)O)ccc3OC)c(F)c12
Agent: CN(C)C(On1nnc2cccnc21)=[N+](C)C
Agent: F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Solvent: CN(C)C=O
Solvent: CCN(C(C)C)C(C)C
Solvent: CC#N
Product: CNC(=O)c1c(-c2ccc(F)cc2)oc2ccc(-c3cc(C(=O)NC(C)(C)C)ccc3OC)c(F)c12
Temperature: 25 °C
Reaction time: 8 h
Yield: 81.7 %

Procedure:
To a 25 mL RBF was added 3-(4-fluoro-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(methylcarbamoyl)benzofuran-5-yl)-4-methoxybenzoic acid (17.2 mg, 0.039 mmol), DMF (1 mL), N-ethyl-N-isopropylpropan-2-amine (0.027 mL, 0.157 mmol), 2-methylpropan-2-amine (0.012 mL, 0.118 mmol), and HATU, (2-(3H-[1,2,3]triazolo[4,5-b]pyridin-3-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl isouronium hexafluorophosphate(V) (59.8 mg, 0.157 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen overnight. The crude reaction was diluted with 2 mL of acetonitrile and purified using a Shimadzu preparative HPLC employing acetonitrile/water/trifluoroacetic acid where solvent A was 10% acetonitrile/90% water/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid and solvent B was 10% water/90% acetonitrile/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid with a Waters Sunfire C18 19×150 mm column at a gradient of 30-100% B and a flow rate of 25 mL/min. over 20 minutes with a 7 minute hold. Solvent was removed giving 15.7 mgs (80% yield) of 5-(5-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-2-methoxyphenyl)-4-fluoro-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-methylbenzofuran-3-carboxamide as a white solid. The LC/MS data was obtained on a Shimadzu analytical LC/Micromass Platform LC (ESI+) at 220 nm using the following set of conditions: Phenomenex Luna 3 μm C18, 2×50 mm column, with a gradient of 0-100% B (B=90% HPLC grade acetonitrile/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid/10% HPLC grade water), (A=90% HPLC grade water/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid/10% HPLC grade acetonitrile), in 4 minutes with a 1 minute hold at a rate of 0.8 mL/minute. HPLC purity was determined using a Shimadzu analytical LC at 254 nm and 256 nm with a Waters Sunfire C18 3.5 μm 4.6×150 mm column employing water/acetonitrile/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid with a gradient of 10-100% B (B=95% HPLC grade acetonitrile/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid/5% HPLC grade water), (A=95% HPLC grade water/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid/5% HPLC grade acetonitrile), in 10 minutes with a 10 minute hold at a rate of 1 mL/minute. The HPLC purity was then confirmed with an orthogonal solvent system and column using a Shimadzu analytical LC with a Waters XBridge Phenyl C18 3.5 μm 4.6×150 mm column employing water/methanol/10 mM ammonium bicarbonate with a gradient of 10-100% B (B=95% HPLC grade methanol/10 mM ammonium bicarbonate/5% HPLC grade water), (A=95% HPLC grade water/10 mM ammonium bicarbonate/5% HPLC grade methanol), in 10 minutes with a 10 minute hold at a rate of 1 mL/minute. 1H NMR (400 MHz, THF-d8) δ ppm 1.42 (s, 9 H), 2.87 (d, J=4.77 Hz, 3 H), 3.79 (s, 3 H), 6.92 (s, 1 H), 7.06 (d, J=8.53 Hz, 1 H), 7.17-7.30 (m, 3 H), 7.39 (d, J=8.28 Hz, 1 H), 7.71-7.77 (m, 2 H), 7.87 (dd, J=8.78, 2.26 Hz, 1 H), 8.03-8.12 (m, 2 H). LCMS m/z 493.4 (M+H), rt=3.281 min. HPLC (Sunfire C18) rt=14.257 min, 98.7% purity and (XBridge Phenyl C18) rt=14.852 min., 98.8% purity.