A glass microwave reaction vessel was charged with tert-butyl 1-(6-(5-bromo-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-3-yl)pyrazin-2-yl)piperidin-4-ylcarbamate (0.200 g, 0.359 mmol), 3-fluorophenylboronic acid (0.072 g, 0.515 mmol, Aldrich), Na2CO3 (0.210 g, 1.981 mmol, J. T. Baker) and trans-dichlorobis(triphenyl-phosphine)palladium (II) (0.022 g, 0.031 mmol, Strem). Dioxane (3 mL) and water (1 mL) were added and the reaction mixture was sealed under argon and heated in a Emrys Optmizer microwave reactor (Personal Chemistry, Biotage AB, Inc., Uppsala, Sweden) at 140° C. for 15 min. The mixture was partitioned between EtOAc/water. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (3×) and the combined organic layers were evaporated onto silica gel and purified by flash chromatography (Isco, (40 gram)) eluting with 2M NH3 in MeOH:DCM (0:1→1:49) to give 119 mg of tert-Butyl 1-(6-(5-(3-fluorophenyl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-3-yl)pyrazin-2-yl)piperidin-4-ylcarbamate as a yellow amorphous solid. MS (ESI, pos. ion) m/z: 573.2 (M+1). A solution of tert-butyl 1-(6-(5-(3-fluorophenyl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-indazol-3-yl)pyrazin-2-yl)piperidin-4-ylcarbamate (0.119 g, 0.208 mmol) in HCl, 5-6 N in IPA (5.00 mL, 25.00 mmol) and water (0.5 mL) was heated at 80° C. for 2.5 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to RT and the solid was filtered and washed with IPA. The material was dissolved in DMSO and purified by reverse-phase HPLC (Gilson; Gemini-NX 10μ C18 110 A AXIA, 100×50 mm column) eluting with 0.1% TFA-H2O:0.1% TFA ACN (9:1→1:9). The fractions containing the desired product were combined and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in MeOH and loaded onto an SCX II cartridge eluting with MeOH then 2M NH3 in MeOH to give the title compound as a yellow crystalline solid. MS (ESI, pos. ion) m/z: 389.1 (M+1).
