A mixture of 3-amino-4-chloro-5-vinylbenzonitrile (75 mg, 0.42 mmol), 2-chloro-4-(cyclopropyl(4-methoxybenzyl)amino)imidazo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine-7-carbonitrile (Intermediate 9) (149 mg, 0.420 mmol), Cs2CO3 (274 mg, 0.840 mmol), DPPF (23 mg, 0.042 mmol), 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethyxanthene (24 mg, 0.042 mmol), and Pd(OAc)2 (28 mg, 0.13 mmol) in a microwave vial was flushed with nitrogen. Dioxane (3.5 mL) was added and the vial was sealed and heated at 100° C. for 4 hr. The reaction was diluted with EtOAc and filtered through celite. The solvent was removed from the filtrate and radial silica gel chromatography eluting with hexane containing 5 to 40% EtOAc afforded 2-((2-chloro-5-cyano-3-vinylphenyl)amino)-4-(cyclopropyl(4-methoxybenzyl)amino)imidazo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine-7-carbonitrile (106 mg, 51% yield) as an oil. This was dissolved in DCM (3 mL) and anisole (0.582 mL, 5.33 mmol) and TFA (3 mL) were added. After stirring at RT overnight, the solvent was removed and the yellow solid was dissolved in DCM. This was washed with a saturated aq. NaHCO3 solution and the organic phase was separated. The aqueous phase contained some suspended yellow solid and was exacted 2× with DCM. The combined organic phases were dried with sodium sulfate and the solvent was removed. The residue was suspended in a mixture of EtOAc:hexane=1:1 and filtration gave the title compound (59 mg) as a light yellow solid.
