A flask was charged with (S)-2-(2-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)-5-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)pyrimidine (7.1 g, 24.55 mmol), 6-chloropyrazin-2-amine (2.89 g, 22.32 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (2.58 g, 2.232 mmol) and 1,4-dioxane (74.4 mL). The reaction mixture was purged with nitrogen for several minutes before aqueous 2M sodium carbonate (22.32 mL, 44.6 mmol) solution was added. The reaction mixture was then purged with nitrogen for another 10 minutes at 25° C. before it was heated to 90° C. under nitrogen overnight. 1,4-Dioxane was removed in vacuo and the crude mixture was diluted with EtOAc. The product was washed with water and brine. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude material was purified on silica gel chromatography to yield 3.38 g (13.2 mmol, 84%) of the title product as a light brown solid. ESI-MS (EI+, m/z): 258.26, 1H NMR (Chloroform-d) δ: 8.92 (d, J=5.3 Hz, 2H), 8.25 (s, 1H), 7.88 (s, 1H), 4.60 (s, 2H), 4.39 (d, J=5.8 Hz, 1H), 3.81-3.68 (m, 1H), 3.68-3.55 (m, 1H), 2.24-1.95 (m, 3H), 1.78 (s, 1H), 1.31 (d, J=6.3 Hz, 3H)
