A mixture comprising 5-bromo-3-(2-chloro-pyridin-4-yl)-3-H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (Intermediate A)(1 eq, 0.323 mmol, 100 mg), BINAP (0.025 mmol, 40 mg) and Pd2(dba)3 (0.0125 mmol, 25 mg) is suspended in dioxane under an inert atmosphere of N2 and heated to 85° C. In a separate flask 4-amino-cyclohexanol (2 eq, 0.647 mmol, 74 mg) and sodium tertbutoxide (2.5 eq, 0.809 mmol, 77 mg) is dissolved in dioxane and warmed to 50° C., before adding to the reaction mixture. The combined mixture was heated for 2 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture is purified by chromatography on silica eluting with 98:2 DCM: ammonia in MeOH to afford the title compound which is used in the next step without further purification; [M+H]+310.
