(3-Chloro-isoquinolin-1-yl)-acetic acid ethyl ester (2.50 g, 10.01 mmol), 4-benzyl-4,7-diaza-spiro [2.5]octane (2.23 g, 11.01 mmol), NaOtBu (1.06 g, 11.01 mmol), BINAP (249 mg, 0.40 mmol) and Palladium(II)-acetate (180 mg, 0.80 mmol) are mixed under argon. After addition of degassed, dry dioxane (36 ml), the suspension is heated to 85° C. After 25 minutes at 85° C., HPLC analysis indicates a conversion of 71%. The mixture is cooled to RT, diluted with EtOAc, and washed with H2O and sat. aq. NH4Cl (back extracted). The combined organic layers are dried over Na2SO4, the solvent is removed and the residue purified by FCC (hexane/EtOAc 100:0 to 96:4 to 93:7 to 90:10 to 85:15) to afford the title compound. 1H NMR (DMSO, 400 MHz) δ 0.58 -0.61 (m, 2H), 0.70 -0.73 (m, 2H), 1.18 (t, J=8.8, 3H), 2.98 (t, J =5.5, 2H), 3.39 (s, 2H), 3.49 (t, J=5.5, 2H), 3.86 (s, 2H), 4.12 (s, 2H), 4.12 (q, J=8.8, 2H), 5.59 (s, 1H), 7.14 -7.19 (m, 6H), 7.39 (t, J=8.8, 1H), 7.51 (d, J=9.9, 1H), 7.78 (d, J=9.9, 1H); ES-MS: 417 [M+H]+.
