Triethylamine → 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridine-4-carboxylic acid 3-trifluoromethyl-benzylamide

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A mixture of 4-bromo-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridine (340 mg, 1.2 mmol), Et3N (320 μL, 2.3 mmol), 3-trifluoromethylbenzylamine (250 μL, 1.7 mmol), Pd[PhCN]2Cl2 (10 mg, 0.03 mmol), and 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) (0.04 g, 0.07 mmol) in toluene (15 mL) was sealed in a bomb with stifling, placed under 15 bars of carbon monoxide and warmed at 140° C. After 3 hours, the mixture was cooled to room temperature, returned to atmospheric pressure and opened. The reaction was monitored by HPLC-MS indicating the desired mass M+=415.43. The reaction was diluted with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (50 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (3×20 mL), brine (20 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude material was dissolved in dichloromethane and purified by silica gel chromatography using a gradient of 0-30% EtOAc in dichloromethane to afford partially purified material. The material from the column was triturated with ether-hexanes to afford an off-white solid. This material was dissolved in dichloromethane and passed through a pad of silica gel (15 mL funnel) eluting with a gradient of 0-40% dichloromethane in EtOAc. The material from the pad was triturated with ether to afford the title compound, mp 172-173° C.

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