A mixture of 6-bromo-2-(4-phenoxyphenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile (500 mg, 1.28 mmol), 2-aminophenylboronic acid (175 mg, 1.28 mmol), Cs2CO3 (623 mg, 1.92 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (74 mg, 0.06 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (30 mL) and water (1.0 mL) was heated to 80° C. for 16 hr under N2. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated and purified by chromatography column on silica gel using 50% of EA in PE as eluant to give the crude product (320 mg, 59.1%) as a yellow solid. MS (ESI, m/e) [M+1]+ 403.9.
