Reaction Steps
A vial was charged with 5-bromo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydrochloride (ASW Medchem, Brunswick, N.J., 400.42 mg, 1.367 mmol), (2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)boronic acid (Intermediate B, 443 mg, 1.640 mmol), potassium phosphate (1160 mg, 5.47 mmol), and Pd(AmPhos)2Cl2 (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo., 48.4 mg, 0.068 mmol). The vial was flushed with Ar (g), then dioxane (2928 μl) and water (976 μl) were added in sequence. The mixture was heated in a microwave reactor for 30 min at 90° C. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was diluted with EtOAc, washed with water (and a small amount of brine to break up emulsions, 2×), washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was taken up in MeOH, then loaded onto a 10 g SCX-2 ion exchange column. The column was eluted with MeOH, then with 2M ammonia in MeOH. The basic filtrate was concentrated, and the residue was chromatographed on a 40 g silica gel column with 0 to 10% MeOH/DCM to provide 5-(2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline as a pale yellow solid. [M+H]+=358.1. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm=7.91-7.80 (m, 2H), 7.56 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.28 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.09-6.95 (m, 2H), 6.84 (dd, J=1.3, 7.4 Hz, 1H), 5.96 (d, J=1.9 Hz, 1H), 3.85 (s, 2H), 3.52 (br. s., 3H), 2.93-2.84 (m, 1H), 2.79-2.67 (m, 1H), 2.48-2.39 (m, 1H), 2.09 (td, J=5.3, 16.7 Hz, 1H).
