A flask was charged with 5-chloro-3-methyl-3H-[1,2,3]triazolo[4,5-b]pyridine (Step 102.3) (132 mg, 0.782 mmol), 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-cyclopropyl-3-methyl-4,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazol-6(1H)-one (Step 85.6) (150 mg, 0.521 mmol) Pd2(dba)3 (47.7 mg, 0.052 mmol), Xantphos (60.3 mg, 0.104 mmol) and Cs2CO3 (340 mg, 1.043 mmol) in dioxane (3 mL) and the resulting mixture was heated up and stirred at 100° C. for 16 hr. The reaction was diluted with EtOAc and water and both phases separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc, the combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. Palladium was removed using a Varian PL-Thiol MP SPE cartridge and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (50% EtOAc/hexane) to afford, after trituration in Et2O, the title product (153 mg, 0.357 mmol, 68% yield) as white solid. tR: 1.20 min (LC-MS 2); ESI-MS: 420 [M+H]+ (LC-MS 2); Rf=0.24 (50% EtOAc/Hexane); 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 0.99-1.16 (m, 2H) 1.21-1.35 (m, 2H) 1.95 (d, J=3.6 Hz, 3H) 3.87 (td, J=7.3, 3.6 Hz, 1H) 4.14 (d, J=3.7 Hz, 3H) 6.63 (d, J=3.6 Hz, 1H) 7.26-7.42 (m, 2H) 7.42-7.58 (m, 2H) 8.30-8.48 (m, 1H) 8.54 (dt, J=9.2, 3.2 Hz, 1H).
