Into a 5 mL Personal Chemistry microwave reaction vial were added 3-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-5-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (0.0498 g, 0.103 mmol), (2-Amino-5-bromo-phenyl)-morpholin-4-yl-methanone (0.0378 g, 0.132 mmol), 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenepalladium(II)-dichloride dichloromethane adduct (13.4 mg, 0.017 mmol), acetonitrile (1 mL) and saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (1 mL). The vial was sealed, purged with N2, and irradiated in a Personal Chemistry Optimizer at 90° C. for 5 min. The layers were separated, and the aqueous phase was extracted 3× with EtOAc. The combined organic phase was treated with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated. The crude product was dissolved in 5 mL of a solution consisting of 1 part HClO4 (70%, ACS) and 20 parts glacial acetic acid, and the solution was stirred at rt for 8 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum, and neutralized to pH 7 with saturated NaHCO3 followed by solid NaHCO3. The quenched reaction mixture was partitioned between EtOAc and water, the layers were separated, and the aqueous phase was extracted 2× with EtOAc. The combined organic phase was treated with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated. Purification by mass-triggered LC (positive mode, ESI) through a C-18 reverse-phase column (Thomson Instrument Co. ODS-A 100A, 5, 50×21.3 mm, eluting at 20 mL/min with acetonitrile (containing 0.1% formic acid) and water (containing 0.1% formic acid) in a 5-95% gradient afforded the title compound, which upon lysophilization appeared as a brown viscous oil (12.9 mg, 29%). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, d6-DMSO) δ 13.71 (br. s, 1H), 8.74 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 8.16 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.62 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.49 (dd, J=2.5, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (m, 1H), 7.37 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.20 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.08 (t, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 5.37 (s, 2H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 3.60 (m, 4H), 3.49 (m, 4H); MS: m/z 430.1 [MH+].
