An argon degassed mixture of 5-bromo-4-(4-chlorobenzyl)-2-(pyridin-4-yl)thiazole (583 mg, 1.59 mmol), ethyl 5-(tributylstannyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylate (456 mg, 1.06 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (61.4 mg, 0.0531 mmol), copper(I) iodide (60.7 mg, 0.319 mmol), and lithium chloride (135 mg, 3.19 mmol) in dioxane (7.46 mL) was heated in a microwave at 150 degrees for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was slurried in ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (2 mL) and the mixture was filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (EA/DCM=0/100→100/0) to give the crude product. This material was purified by preparative reverse phase chromatography to give 55 mg (12% yield) of the title compound as a white solid. LC/MS (FA) ES+ 425, 427. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ: 8.71-8.69 (m, 2H), 7.85-7.83 (m, 2H), 7.36-7.33 (m, 2H), 7.28-7.25 (m, 2H), 7.09 (s, 1H), 4.41 (s, 2H), 4.34 (q, 1H, J=7.2 Hz), 1.31 (t, 1H, J=7.2 Hz).
