A suspension of toluene-4-sulfonic acid-1-(1-benzenesulfonyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2-yl)-3-methyl-but-1-enyl ester (prepared as in Example 130, 3.0 g, 6.04 mmol), 3-ethoxy-phenylboronic acid (2.51 g, 15.1 mmol), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) dichloride (420 mg, 0.60 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (30 mL) and an aqueous sodium carbonate solution (2N, 15.4 mL) was heated in a microwave at 100° C. for 2 h under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (20 mL) and washed with a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (2×40 mL). The organics were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. Silica gel column chromatography (40 g, 11% ethyl acetate/petroleum ether) afforded 2-(1-(3-ethoxy-phenyl)-3-methyl-but-1-enyl)-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (2.2 g, 81%) as a yellow oil: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 8.49 (d, 1H, J=4.5 Hz), 7.87 (d, 1H, J=8.4 Hz), 7.67 (d, 2H, J=4.8 Hz), 7.41 (t, 1H, J=7.5 Hz), 7.27-7.10 (m, 4H), 6.79 ((t, 2H, J=6.3 Hz), 6.52 (s, 1H), 6.14 (d, 1H, J=6.6 Hz), 3.94-3.85 (m, 2H), 2.71-2.64 (m, 1H), 1.33 (t, 3H, J=7.2 Hz), 1.14 (t, 6H, J=7.5 Hz).
