Compound of formula C is made by reacting a compound of formula A with an pyridyl boronic acid or pyridyl borate ester to form a compound of formula B; and combining the compound of formula B with a pyridyl dihalide to form the compound of C; wherein R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are, independently at each occurrence, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; X is, independently at each occurrence, CH or N; Y is chloro or bromo; Z is bromo or iodo; and when Y is bromo, Z is iodo; d, e, and g are, independently at each occurrence, an integer ranging from 0-4; f is an integer ranging from 0-2; and h is an integer ranging from 0-3.