(S)-3-(hydroxymethyl)-6a,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrido[3,2-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-6(5H)-one (100 mg, 0.456 mmol), 3-chloro-N-methyl-4-(piperazin-1-yl)benzamide hydrochloride (132 mg, 0.456 mmol), (cyanomethyl)trimethylphosphonium iodide (166 mg, 0.684 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (0.398 ml, 2.281 mmol) were suspended in propiononitrile (Volume: 1.370 ml) and heated in a closed vial at 90-120° C. for 4 h. The reaction mixture became a dark brown solution. It was cooled to room temperature, concentrated in vacuo, dissolved in DMSO (2 mL) and purified using HPLC (basic, 45-95% ACN in water, basic). The fractions were concentrated in vacuo and the resulting solid was recrystallized from water-MeOH (2:1, 6 mL) and dried in vacuum to afford (S)-3-chloro-N-methyl-4-(4-((6-oxo-5,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydropyrido[3,2-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3-yl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)benzamide (53.1 mg, 0.117 mmol, 25.6% yield) as an off-white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 1.83-2.02 (m, 3H) 2.10-2.24 (m, 1H) 2.51 (br. s., 4H) 2.75 (d, J=4.55 Hz, 3H) 3.03 (br. s., 4H) 3.36-3.45 (m, 3H) 3.52-3.65 (m, 1H) 3.93-4.03 (m, 1H) 6.98 (d, J=1.77 Hz, 1H) 7.17 (d, J=8.34 Hz, 1H) 7.63 (d, J=1.77 Hz, 1H) 7.75 (dd, J=8.34, 2.02 Hz, 1H) 7.86 (d, J=2.02 Hz, 1H) 8.41 (q, J=4.13 Hz, 1H) 10.45 (s, 1H). [M+H] calc'd for C23H27ClN6O2, 455. found, 455.
