A degassed mixture of 4-(4-morpholinomethyl)phenylboronic acid pinacol ester (486 mg, 1.61 mmol), 3-iodo-6-bromo-9H-dipyrido[2,3-b;4′,3′-d]pyrrole (400 mg, 1.07 mmol), 1,1′-[bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium(II) (131 mg, 0.16 mmol) in 2N aqueous sodium carbonate solution (8 mL) and 2-methyltetrahyrdofuran (16 mL) was heated at 85° C. for 18 h. The cooled reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL) and washed with water (75 mL). The organic phase was separated, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to afford a residue that was purified by flash chromatography (silica, 50 g column, Biotage, 0-15% methanol in DCM) to afford the title compound as an off-white solid (137 mg, 30%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): 12.41 (s, 1H), 9.04 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 8.95 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 8.72 (d, J=1.0 Hz, 1H), 8.53 (s, 1H), 7.76 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.47 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 3.65-3.56 (m, 4H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 2.44-2.29 (m, 4H).
