Sodium cyanoborohydride → {3-(4-{[4-({[tert-Butyl(diphenyl)silyl]oxy}methyl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]oxy}piperidin-1-yl)-1-[4-(7-{[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy]methyl}-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]cyclobutyl}acetonitrile

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Sodium cyanoborohydride (8.8 mg, 0.14 mmol) and zinc dichloride (9.5 mg, 0.070 mmol) were combined in methanol (0.56 mL, 14 mmol) and stirred for 2 hours to generate the reducing solution referenced in JOC 1985, 50, 1927-1932. Subsequently, {3-oxo-1-[4-(7-{[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy]methyl}-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]cyclobutyl}acetonitrile (66 mg, 0.14 mmol, from Step 7 of Example 1a) and 4-({[tert-butyl(diphenyl)silyl]oxy}methyl)-2-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-6-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine (60. mg, 0.12 mmol, from Step C) were combined in Methanol (2.0 mL) to dissolve, then the above generated reducing mixture was added. The reaction was stirred overnight. An additional 0.3 eq of the prestirred NaCNBH3/ZnCl2 mixture was added. After stirring for 3 hours, the mixture was diluted with EtOAc and was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, followed by brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. Flash chromatography on silica gel, eluting with a gradient from 0-80% EtOAc in hexanes afforded product as a mixture of cis- and trans-isomers (43 mg, 40%). LCMS (M+2H)2+: 461.4.

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