1-(2-Chloro-3,6-difluorobenzyl)-7-(6-morpholin-4-yl-pyridin-3-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine → 3,6-Difluoro-2-[7-(6-morpholin-4-yl-pyridin-3-yl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-1-ylmethyl]benzonitrile

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1-(2-Chloro-3,6-difluorobenzyl)-7-(6-morpholin-4-yl-pyridin-3-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine (300 mg) was dissolved in anhydrous DMF. CuCN (5.0 eq) was added and the resulting mixture was heated to 150° C. in a microwave for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was concentrated, taken up in CH2Cl2, washed three (3) times with an aqueous solution of NH4OH (10%), and the organic phase was dried, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified via silica gel chromatography (0-100% ethyl acetate in hexanes followed by 5% methanol in ethyl acetate) to give the title compound (37% yield). M.p 188-190° C., LCMS: m/z=449.05 (M+H+), 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 3.24-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.48-3.56 (m, 6H), 3.80-3.88 (m, 4H), 4.51 (s, 2H), 4.86 (bs, 1H), 6.65-6.73 (m, 1H), 6.98-7.06 (m, 2H), 7.09-7.19 (m, 2H), 7.59-7.64 (m, 2H), 8.36 (s, 1H).

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