33 mg (0.10 mmol) of 7-[(2,6-difluorobenzyl)oxy]-2,5-dimethylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-3-carboxylic acid from Example 4A were initially charged in a 96-well deep well multititre plate. A solution of 17 mg (0.10 mmol) of rac-amino(4-chlorophenyl)acetonitrile in 0.4 ml of DMF and a solution of 45.6 mg (0.12 mol) of HATU in 0.4 ml of DMF were added successively. After adding 20.2 mg (0.20 mmol) of 4-methylmorpholine, the mixture was shaken at RT overnight. Then the mixture was filtered and the target compound was isolated from the filtrate by preparative LC-MS (Method 9). The product-containing fractions were concentrated under reduced pressure using a centrifugal dryer. The residue of each product fraction was dissolved in 0.6 ml of DMSO. These were combined and finally freed of the solvent in a centrifugal dryer. 0.7 mg (1.5% of theory) were obtained.
