To a mixture of N-[(1S,2S)-2-aminocyclopentyl]-5-methyl-2-(2H-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)benzamide hydrochloride (Intermediate 7; 100 mg, 0.31 mmol) and NMP (1 ml) was added DIPEA (0.200 mg, 1.56 mmol) and 2-bromo-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidine (70 mg, 0.31 mmol). The mixture was subjected to microwave irradiation at 150° C. for 1 hour. Upon cooling, the reaction mass was poured into water (5 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×10 ml). The combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by reverse phase preparative HPLC (eluted with acetonitrile/water containing 0.1% ammonia) to afford the title compound.
