To a mixture of [2-(4-bromo-phenyl)-quinazolin-4-yl]-(5-methyl-2H-pyrazol-3-yl)-amine (III-34) (114 mg, 0.3 mmol), and trimethylsilylacetylene (147 mg, 1.5 mmol) in DMF (2 mL) was added CuI (1.1 mg, 1:50 mol %), Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (4.2 mg, 1:50 mol %) and triethylamine (121 mg, 0.36 mmol). The resulting mixture was heated at 120° C. overnight and the solvent evaporated. The residue was triturated in ethyl acetate and the resulting precipitate collected by filtration. The collected solid was suspended in THF (3 mL) and TBAF (1M in THF, 1.1 eq) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours and the solvent evaporated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, gradient of DCM:MeOH) to afford III-48 as a white solid (68 mg, 70%): 1H NMR (DMSO) δ 2.34 (3H, s), 4.36 (1H, s), 6.74 (1H, s), 7.55 (1H, m), 7.65 (2H, d), 7.84 (2H, m), 8.47 (2H, d), 8.65 (1H, d), 10.43 (1H, s), 12.24 (1H, s); MS 326.1 (M+H)+.
