Reaction Steps
6,9-Difluoro-2-(2-methylphenyl)-5-{[4-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl]methyl}-2,5-dihydro-3H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]quinolin-3-one (Example 29, 12 mg, 0.026 mmol), 1-[4-(methyloxy)phenyl]methanamine (5.3 mg, 0.039 mmol, 1.5 equiv) and cesium carbonate (12 mg, 0.039 mmol, 1.5 equiv) were combined in dimethylsulfoxide (2 mL) and placed into an oil bath preheated at 70° C. for 1 hour. The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, poured into sodium bicarbonate (50 mL, aqueous saturated) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×75 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by preparative HPLC (80:20 to 5:95; water containing 0.5% trifluoroacetic acid:acetonitrile containing 0.5% trifluoroacetic acid). The appropriate fractions were poured into sodium bicarbonate (75 mL, aqueous saturated) and extracted with ethyl acetate (1×100 mL). The organic extract was dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo, providing the titled compound as a yellow foam: 1H-NMR (4001 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.35 (1H, s), 8.35-8.29 (1H, m), 7.85 (1H, d, J=2.5 Hz), 7.69 (1H, d, J=1.6 Hz), 7.56 (2H, d, J=8.5 Hz), 7.45 (1H, dd, J=5.3, 4.1 Hz), 7.42 (2H, d, J=8.5 Hz), 7.33-7.27 (3H, m), 7.14 (2H, d, J=8.7 Hz), 7.05 (1H, dd, J=13.2, 9.0 Hz), 6.90 (2H, d, J=8.7 Hz), 6.68 (1H, dd, J=9.4, 3.4 Hz), 6.44-6.43 (1H, m), 5.29 (2H, s), 4.77 (2H, m), 3.80 (3H, s), 2.31 (3H, s) ppm; high resolution mass spectrometry (ES+) m/z 585.2417 [(M+H)+; calculated for C35H30FN6O2: 585.2409].
