Reaction SMILES: [Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([C:11]2[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:14]3[O:18][C:17]([C:19]4[CH:24]=[CH:23][C:22]([F:25])=[CH:21][CH:20]=4)=[C:16]([C:26](=[O:29])[NH:27][CH3:28])[C:15]=3[CH:30]=2)=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4](O)=[O:5].[C:31]([NH2:40])([C:34]1[CH:39]=[CH:38][CH:37]=[CH:36][CH:35]=1)([CH3:33])[CH3:32].C(N(CC)C(C)C)(C)C.CN(C(ON1N=NC2C=CC=NC1=2)=[N+](C)C)C.F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F>CN(C=O)C>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][C:8]([C:11]2[CH:12]=[CH:13][C:14]3[O:18][C:17]([C:19]4[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:22]([F:25])=[CH:23][CH:24]=4)=[C:16]([C:26]([NH:27][CH3:28])=[O:29])[C:15]=3[CH:30]=2)=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4](=[O:5])[NH:40][C:31]([C:34]1[CH:39]=[CH:38][CH:37]=[CH:36][CH:35]=1)([CH3:33])[CH3:32]
Reactant: CC(C)(N)c1ccccc1
Reactant: CNC(=O)c1c(-c2ccc(F)cc2)oc2ccc(-c3ccc(Cl)c(C(=O)O)c3)cc12
Agent: CN(C)C(On1nnc2cccnc21)=[N+](C)C
Agent: F[P-](F)(F)(F)(F)F
Solvent: CCN(C(C)C)C(C)C
Solvent: CN(C)C=O
Product: CNC(=O)c1c(-c2ccc(F)cc2)oc2ccc(-c3ccc(Cl)c(C(=O)NC(C)(C)c4ccccc4)c3)cc12
Temperature: 25 °C
Reaction time: 8 h
Yield: 45 %

Procedure:
To a 2 dram vial was added 2-chloro-5-(2-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(methylcarbamoyl)benzofuran-5-yl)benzoic acid (42.4 mg, 0.1 mmol) in DMF (2 mL) along with cumylamine (0.029 mL, 0.200 mmol), N,N-Diisopropylethylamine (0.035 mL, 0.200 mmol) and HATU (114 mg, 0.300 mmol) to give a yellow solution. The vial was shaken at room temperature overnight. The crude reaction mixture was then evacuated to near dryness, taken up in 2 mL of methanol and purified using a Shimadzu preparative HPLC employing methanol/water/0.1% TFA where solvent A was 10% MeOH/90% H2O/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid and solvent B was 10% H2O/90% MeOH/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid with a Phenomenex-Luna 10 μm C18 30×100 mm column at a gradient of 30-100% B and a flow rate of 40 mL/min. over 10 minutes with a 10 minute hold. The tubes containing purified product were evaporated overnight in a Savant/Thermo Speedvac to give a 45% yield of 5-(4-chloro-3-(2-phenylpropan-2-ylcarbamoyl)phenyl)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-methylbenzofuran-3-carboxamide as a white powder. The NMR spectrum was recorded at room temperature using a Bruker DRX300 spectrometer. The LC/MS data was obtained on a Shimadzu analytical LC/Micromass Platform LC (ESI+) at 220 nm using the following set of conditions: Waters Sunfire 5 μm C18, 4.6×50 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 3 minutes with a 1 minute hold at a rate of 4 mL/minute. HPLC purity was determined using a Shimadzu analytical LC at 220 nm and 256 nm with a Waters Sunfire C18 3.5 μm 4.6×150 mm column employing water/acetonitrile/0.1% TFA 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 (300 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm 1.87 (s, 6H), 3.02 (d, J=4.76 Hz, 3H), 6.03 (d, J=4.76 Hz, 1H), 6.62 (s, 1H), 7.13-7.23 (m, 2H), 7.24-7.31 (m, 1H), 7.33-7.42 (m, 2H), 7.45 (d, J=8.42 Hz, 1H), 7.48-7.63 (m, 5H), 7.83-8.00 (m, 4H).