Reaction Steps
6,9-Difluoro-2-(2-fluorophenyl)-5-{[4-(1H pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl]methyl}-2,5-dihydro-3H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]quinolin-3-one (Example 28, 74 mg, 0.16 mmol), (±)-trans-N-(3-fluoropyridin-2-yl)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine bishydrochloride (43 mg, 0.19 mmol, 1.2 equiv) and potassium carbonate (0.22 g, 1.6 mmol, 10 equiv) were combined in degassed dimethylsulfoxide (5 mL) and placed into an oil bath preheated at 95° C. for 1 hour. Additional (±)-trans-N-(3-fluoropyridin-2-yl)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine bishydrochloride (0.10 g, 0.44 mmol, 2.3 equiv) and potassium carbonate (0.42 g, 3.0 mmol, 16 equiv) were added and the mixture was heated at 95° C. for an additional 2 hours. The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, filtered and purified by preparative reverse phase HPLC (eluting 70:30 to 5:95; water containing 0.1% TFA: acetonitrile containing 0.1% TFA). The appropriate fractions were poured into sodium bicarbonate (100 mL, aqueous saturated) and extracted with ethyl acetate (1×50 mL). The organic extract was dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo, providing the titled compound as a light yellowish-green solid: 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.73 (1H, s), 8.32 (1H, br s), 7.85 (1H, d, J=2.8 Hz), 7.77 (1H, d, J=4.6 Hz), 7.69 (1H, d, J=1.8 Hz), 7.61-7.56 (3H, m), 7.44 (2H, d, J=8.6 Hz), 7.30-7.24 (1H, m), 7.21-7.15 (2H, m), 7.11 (1H, dd, J=13.6, 9.8 Hz), 6.90 (1H, ddd, J=11.2, 7.9, 1.3 Hz), 6.83 (1H, dd, J=9.4, 3.0 Hz), 6.44 (1H, dd, J=2.4, 1.9 Hz), 6.39 (1H, ddd, J=7.9, 5.0, 3.5 Hz), 4.77-4.67 (3H, m), 4.56 (1H, br t, J=10.2 Hz), 4.35 (1H, br m), 2.33 (1H, br d, J=10.9 Hz), 2.23 (1H, br d, J=12.8 Hz), 2.01-1.79 (3H, m), 1.67-1.51 (3H, m) ppm; high resolution mass spectrometry (ES+) m/z 661.2621 [(M+H)+; calculated for C37H32F3N8O: 661.2646].
