3-amino-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile (100 mg, 0.543 mmol), 4-(4-iodobenzyl)morpholine (165 mg, 0.543 mmol), Pd2dba3 (24.86 mg, 0.027 mmol), K2CO3 (83 mg, 0.597 mmol) and X-Phos (64.7 mg, 0.136 mmol) were added to a 5 mL microwave vial. Degassed tert-amyl alcohol (0.8 mL) was added and the vial was evacuated and back-filled with N2 (×3). The resulting mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 24 hours. Room temperature was attained, MeOH was added and the solvent removed in vacuo while loading onto silica. Purification of the residue by MPLC (0-15% MeOH—CHCl3) gave 3-{[4-(morpholin-4-ylmethyl)phenyl]amino}-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile as a beige solid.
