A suspension of N-(4-(3-bromopyridin-2-yloxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-amine hydrochloride (600 mg, 1.585 mmol) in Dioxane (4 mL) was treated with n-methyldicyclohexylamine (1.008 mL, 4.75 mmol, 3.0 equiv). The reaction was stirred at 23° C. for 15 min, followed by the addition of 2-cyclopenten-1-one (0.641 mL, 7.92 mmol, 5.0 equiv) and bis(tri-tert-butylphosphine)palladium (0) (81 mg, 0.158 mmol, 0.1 equiv). The reaction vessel was capped, degassed and backfilled with argon, and heated at 105° C. After 6 h, the reaction was cooled to 23° C., diluted with EtOAc (100 mL) and washed with water (75 mL) and brine (75 mL), dried over MgSO4, concentrated in vacuo and purified by silica gel chromatography (eluant: 0.5-3% methanol/dichloromethane), affording 3-(2-(4-(pyridin-2-ylamino)phenoxy)pyridin-3-yl)cyclopent-2-enone. MS (ESI, pos. ion) m/z: 344.1 (M+1). IC50 (uM) 0.015.
