Ethyl 2-(3,5-dibromopyrazin-2-ylamino)acetate (See Example 1.C) (1.06 g, 3.13 mmol), (2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methanamine (0.601 g, 3.60 mmol), N,N-diisopropylethylamine (1.63 mL, 9.38 mmol) and dimethylsulfoxide (1.6 mL) were combined in a microwave vial with a stirbar and heated in a microwave reactor at 150° C. for 2 h. The resulting mixture was purified using flash chromatography (5-60% ethyl acetate in hexane). Fractions containing the desired product were combined and concentrated nearly to dryness under reduced pressure. Ethyl acetate (2 mL) and hexane (18 mL) was added. The resulting solids were collected by vacuum filtration, washed with hexane and dried under high vacuum to give the desired product (0.636 g, 1.495 mmol, 48% yield) as a light pink solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ (ppm) 7.24 (s, 1H), 7.19 (d, J=8.52 Hz, 1H), 7.11 (t, J=5.63 Hz, 1H), 6.84 (t, J=4.81 Hz, 1H), 6.59 (d, J=2.47 Hz, 1H), 6.50 (dd, J=2.20, 8.24 Hz, 1H), 4.37 (d, J=4.67 Hz, 2H), 3.96-4.15 (m, 4H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 3.75 (s, 3H), 1.17 (t, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z 425.3 [M]+, 426.9 [M+2]+.
