1-Benzyl-5-chloro-2-(1,3-thiazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridine (30 mg, 0.092 mmol, from Step 1), di-tert-butyl hydrazine-1,2-dicarboxylate (26 mg, 0.11 mmol) and Cs2CO3 (30 mg, 0.092 mmol) were combined in toluene (2.8 mL) and dicyclohexyl(2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl-2-yl)phosphine-(2′-aminobiphenyl-2-yl)(chloro)palladium (1:1) (7.2 mg, 0.0092 mmol) was added. The mixture was degassed by a stream of nitrogen through the solution for 10 minutes. The reaction was heated to 110° C. overnight. The intermediate di-tert-butyl 1-[1-benzyl-2-(1,3-thiazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]hydrazine-1,2-dicarboxylate was purified via preparative HPLC-MS (C18 eluting with a gradient of MeCN and H2O containing 0.15% NH4OH) and was isolated in the amount of 20 mg after evaporation of eluent. The resulting residue was dissolved in acetic acid (1.9 mL) and heated in the microwave to a temperature of 165° C. for 5 minutes. AcOH was removed in vacuo and the residue was reconstituted and purified via preparative HPLC-MS (C18 eluting with a gradient of MeCN and H2O containing 0.15% NH4OH). Yield: (4.6 mg, 14%).
