A mixture of methyl 6-Chloro-5-(5,5-dimethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborinan-2-yl)-1H-indole-3-carboxylate (50 mg, 0.16 mmol), 2-(4-bromophenyl)azetidine hydrochloride (400 mg, 1.24 mmol), 2M aqueous potassium carbonate (3.11 mL, 6.22 mmol), toluene (9 mL), and ethanol (3 mL) was sparged with nitrogen for 10 minutes, then treated with [1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) dichloromethane adduct (46 mg, 0.056 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to 100° C. and stirred. After 2 hours the reaction was cooled to room temperature, diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with water and saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to afford a yellow oil, which was purified by flash chromatography (40 g silica, 0-40% methanol/ethyl acetate (1% TEA modifier), 24 column volumes). Product fractions were combined and concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a yellow solid (207 mg, 49% yield). MS (ES+) 341.2 (M+H)+; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CD3OD) δ 7.98 (d, J=3.90 Hz, 2H), 7.56 (s, 1H), 7.41 (s, 4H), 5.02 (t, J=8.17 Hz, 1H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 3.68-3.79 (m, 1H), 3.34-3.45 (m, 1H), 2.47-2.66 (m, 2H).
