A mixture of 3-bromo-2-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-5-methylsulfonylpyridine (67 mg, 0.22 mmol), 2-methyl-4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)isoquinolin-1-one (60 mg, 0.21 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (6 mg), XPhos (7 mg), and K3PO4 (111 mg, 0.51 mmol) in dioxane (1.2 mL) and water (140 uL) was purged with nitrogen, capped, and heated to 70° C. for 2 h. After the mixture was filtered through a short bed of celite, the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and purified by prep-HPLC to afford the title compound (58 mg, 73%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 0.12-0.26 (m, 2H) 0.28-0.47 (m, 2H) 1.02-1.15 (m, 1H) 3.30-3.32 (m, 3H) 3.54-3.62 (m, 3H) 4.02-4.41 (m, 2H) 7.17-7.27 (m, 1H) 7.52-7.59 (m, 1H) 7.60-7.64 (m, 1H) 7.64-7.71 (m, 1H) 8.16-8.22 (m, 1H) 8.26-8.35 (m, 1H) 8.70-8.79 (m, 1H). LCMS (M+H)+=385.
