To a mixture of 5-bromo-1-(phenylacetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole (139 mg, 0.440 mmol), bis(pinacolato)diboron (117 mg, 0.462 mmol), and potassium acetate (130 mg, 1.321 mmol) was added 1,4-dioxane (6 mL), and the mixture was degassed with N2 for 10 minutes. PdCl2(dppf)-CH2Cl2 adduct (19.08 mg, 0.023 mmol) was added, and the reaction mixture was stirred for 3 hours at 100 C into a sealed vessel. The reaction was cooled down to room temperature. 5-bromo-7-methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-amine (100 mg, 0.440 mmol) and sat. aq. NaHCO3 (2 mL) were added, and N2 gas was bubbled through the mixture for 10 minutes. PdCl2(dppf)-CH2Cl2 adduct (17.98 mg, 0.022 mmol) was added, the vessel was sealed, and the reaction mixture was stirred for 3 days at 100 C). The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and poured onto water (˜150 mL). The resulting mixture was filtered. The solid in the filter was mixed with a 80:20 mixture of CHCl3:CH3OH (˜7 mL), and the resulting mixture was filtered. The filtrate was injected into a 90 g SiO2 columns. Flash chromatography on SiO2 (gradient: 100% CHCl3 to 90:10:1 CHCl3:CH3OH:NH4OH) provided the product. Trituration with Et2O afforded the title compound 7-methyl-5-[1-(phenylacetyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-5-yl]-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-amine (22 mg) as a tan solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 3.21 (t, J=8.21 Hz, 2H), 3.73 (s, 3H), 3.87 (s, 2H), 4.21 (t, J=8.46 Hz, 2H), 7.15-7.42 (m, 8H), 8.11-8.15 (m, 2H)
