2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine

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Procedure: To a suspension of 6-chloro-5-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinan-2-yl)-1H-indole (290 mg, 1.10 mmol) in mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL) was added Vilsmer-salt (330 mg, 3.30 mmol) under nitrogen and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Potassium carbonate (2.0M in water, 2.9 mL) was added to the above suspension followed by the addition of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine (200 mg, 0.84 mmol) in a mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes. The mixture was then treated with Pd(dppf)Cl2 (125 mg, 0.165 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes. The mixture was filtered through a celite pad and the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL), the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) and the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography to afford the title compound (150 mg, 53.2% yield). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes The mixture was filtered through a celite pad the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL) the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL) dried over sodium sulfate filtered concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography

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Procedure: To a suspension of 2-(4-bromophenyl)pyrrolidine hydrogen chloride (200 mg, 0.76 mmol) in anhydrous MeOH (5 mL) was added formaldehyde (114 mg, 3.80 mmol) under N2. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h under N2. After 2 h, NaBH(OAc)3 (242 mg, 1.14 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature under N2 overnight. Additional formaldehyde (2 mL) and NaBH(OAc)3 (242 mg, 1.14 mmol) were then added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hrs. The reaction was concentrated and water was added (20 mL) with dichloromethane (8 mL). The layers were separated and the water was extracted with dichloromethane (8 mL×3). The organic layers were combined, washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated to afford the title compound (0.203 g, quantitative yield) which was used without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.51 (d, 2H), 7.28 (d, 2H), 3.15-3.10 (t, 1H), 3.04-3.00 (t, 1H), 2.22-2.18 (q, 1H), 2.13-2.09 (m, 1H), 2.05 (s, 3H), 1.80-1.65 (m, 2H), 1.53-1.50 (m, 1H). After 2 h the mixture was stirred at room temperature under N2 overnight the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hrs The reaction was concentrated water was added (20 mL) with dichloromethane (8 mL) The layers were separated the water was extracted with dichloromethane (8 mL×3) washed with brine dried over sodium sulfate concentrated

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Procedure: To a suspension of 6-chloro-5-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinan-2-yl)-1H-indole (290 mg, 1.10 mmol) in mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL) was added Vilsmer-salt (330 mg, 3.30 mmol) under nitrogen and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Potassium carbonate (2.0 M in water, 2.9 mL) was added to the above suspension followed by the addition of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine (200 mg, 0.84 mmol) in a mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes. The mixture was then treated with Pd(dppf)Cl2 (125 mg, 0.165 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes. The mixture was filtered through a celite pad and the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL), the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) and the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography to afford the title compound (150 mg, 53.2% yield). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes The mixture was filtered through a celite pad the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL) the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL) dried over sodium sulfate filtered concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a suspension of 6-chloro-5-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinan-2-yl)-1H-indole (290 mg, 1.10 mmol) in mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL) was added Vilsmer-salt (330 mg, 3.30 mmol) under nitrogen and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Potassium carbonate (2.0 M in water, 2.9 mL) was added to the above suspension followed by the addition of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine (200 mg, 0.84 mmol) in a mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes. The mixture was then treated with Pd(dppf)Cl2 (125 mg, 0.165 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes. The mixture was filtered through a celite pad and the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL), the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) and the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography to afford the title compound (150 mg, 53.2% yield). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes The mixture was filtered through a celite pad the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL) the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL) dried over sodium sulfate filtered concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a suspension of 2-(4-bromophenyl)pyrrolidine hydrogen chloride (200 mg, 0.76 mmol) in anhydrous MeOH (5 mL) was added formaldehyde (114 mg, 3.80 mmol) under N2. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h under N2. After 2 h, NaBH(OAc)3 (242 mg, 1.14 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature under N2 overnight. Additional formaldehyde (2 mL) and NaBH(OAc)3 (242 mg, 1.14 mmol) were then added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hrs. The reaction was concentrated and water was added (20 mL) with dichloromethane (8 mL). The layers were separated and the water was extracted with dichloromethane (8 mL×3). The organic layers were combined, washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated to afford the title compound (0.203 g, quantitative yield) which was used without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.51 (d, 2H), 7.28 (d, 2H), 3.15-3.10 (t, 1 H), 3.04-3.00 (t, 1 H), 2.22-2.18 (q, 1H), 2.13-2.09 (m, 1H), 2.05 (s, 3H), 1.80-1.65 (m, 2H), 1.53-1.50 (m, 1H). After 2 h the mixture was stirred at room temperature under N2 overnight the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hrs The reaction was concentrated water was added (20 mL) with dichloromethane (8 mL) The layers were separated the water was extracted with dichloromethane (8 mL×3) washed with brine dried over sodium sulfate concentrated

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Procedure: To a solution of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine (0.45 g, 2 mmol) in dry THF (10 mL) was added dropwise n-BuLi (0.88 mL, 2.2 mmol, 2.5 mol/L in hexane) at −78° C., after the addition was completed the mixture was stirred for 1 h, then dry DMF (0.18 mL, 2.4 mmol) was added to the reaction system and stirring was continued for another 1 hr. Then the reaction mixture was partitioned between EtOAc and 1 N HCl, the aqueous solution was extracted with EtOAc (3×15 mL). The combined organic phase was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated in vacuo to give crude product (0.28 g, yield 74%) as a yellow oil. The product was used directly in the next step without further purification. LC-MS (ESI) m/z: 189 (M+1)+. after the addition stirring was continued for another 1 hr Then the reaction mixture was partitioned between EtOAc and 1 N HCl the aqueous solution was extracted with EtOAc (3×15 mL) The combined organic phase was washed with brine dried over Na2SO4 concentrated in vacuo

Conditions: temp:150.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 2-(4-bromophenyl)pyrrolidine (0.5 g, 2.2 mmol), formic acid (0.11 mL, 2.42 mmol), formaldehyde (0.2 mL, 2.42 mmol, 37% in water), water (4 mL) in a sealed tube was heated to 150° C. under microwave for 5 minutes. After cooling to room temperature the reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×15 mL), the combined organic phase was washed consecutively with saturated NaHCO3 (5 mL) and brine (5 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give the crude product (0.48 g, 91%), which was used directly in the next step. LC-MS (ESI) m/z: 240 (M+1)+. After cooling to room temperature the reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×15 mL) the combined organic phase was washed consecutively with saturated NaHCO3 (5 mL) and brine (5 mL) dried over Na2SO4 concentrated in vacuo

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Procedure: A flask containing a mixture of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine (58.8 mg, 0.245 mmol), palladium acetate (8.9 mg, 0.040 mmol), 1,3-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)propane bis(tetrafluoroborate) (35.5 mg, 0.0582 mmol), potassium carbonate (79.0 mg, 0.572 mmol), and N-(7-(5-amino-2-methylphenyl)isoquinolin-3-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamide (89.0 mg, 0.280 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (2.0 mL, 26 mmol) was evacuated purged with nitrogen five times, and then evacuated and purged three times with CO gas. The reaction was stirred under a CO gas balloon, at 100° C., for 15 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered, and evaporated in vacuo. The crude product was purified via flash chromatography on silica gel (12 g silica, solvent gradient: 0-10% methanol in dichloromethane) followed by purification via reverse phase HPLC and lyophilized to yield 10.3 mg (8%) of N-(3-(3-(cyclopropanecarboxamido)isoquinolin-7-yl)-4-methylphenyl)-4-(1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl)benzamide. LCMS (ESI): RT=4.125, M+H=505.3, method=E; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 10.90 (s, 1H), 10.20 (s, 1H), 9.20 (s, 1H), 8.50 (s, 1H), 8.02 (s, 1H), 7.92 (t, J=8.2 Hz, 3H), 7.79 (s, 1H), 7.77-7.67 (m, 2H), 7.46 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.32 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 2.26 (s, 3H), 2.21-2.13 (m, 1H), 2.10 (m, 4H), 1.79 (m, 4H), 1.71-1.50 (m, 2H), 0.85 (m, 4H). A flask containing was evacuated purged with nitrogen five times evacuated purged three times with CO gas The reaction mixture was poured into ethyl acetate washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and brine dried over MgSO4 filtered evaporated in vacuo The crude product was purified via flash chromatography on silica gel (12 g silica, solvent gradient: 0-10% methanol in dichloromethane) followed by purification via reverse phase HPLC

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Procedure: To a mixture of 2-(4-bromophenyl)pyrrolidine (231.9 mg, 1.026 mmol) and potassium carbonate (216.6 mg, 1.567 mmol) was added N,N-dimethylformamide (4.0 mL, 52 mmol) and methyl iodide (77 uL, 1.2 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 days and then methyl iodide (39.0 uL, 0.626 mmol) was added. After stirring at room temperature for an additional two hours, the reaction mixture was poured into ethyl acetate and washed three times with 2M aqueous Na2CO3. The ethyl acetate layer was then dried over MgSO4, filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to yield 108.9 mg (44%) of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine. LCMS (ESI): M+H=240.2. After stirring at room temperature for an additional two hours washed three times with 2M aqueous Na2CO3 The ethyl acetate layer was then dried over MgSO4 filtered evaporated in vacuo

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Procedure: To a mixture of 2-(4-bromophenyl)pyrrolidine (231.9 mg, 1.026 mmol) and potassium carbonate (216.6 mg, 1.567 mmol) was added N,N-dimethylformamide (4.0 mL, 52 mmol) and methyl iodide (77 uL, 1.2 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 days and then methyl iodide (39.0 uL, 0.626 mmol) was added. After stirring at room temperature for an additional two hours, the reaction mixture was poured into ethyl acetate and washed three times with 2M aqueous Na2CO3. The ethyl acetate layer was then dried over MgSO4, filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to yield 108.9 mg (44%) of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine. LCMS (ESI): M+H=240.2. After stirring at room temperature for an additional two hours washed three times with 2M aqueous Na2CO3 The ethyl acetate layer was then dried over MgSO4 filtered evaporated in vacuo

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a suspension of 6-chloro-5-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinan-2-yl)-1H-indole (290 mg, 1.10 mmol) in mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL) was added Vilsmer-salt (330 mg, 3.30 mmol) under nitrogen and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Potassium carbonate (2.0M in water, 2.9 mL) was added to the above suspension followed by the addition of 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-methylpyrrolidine (200 mg, 0.84 mmol) in a mixture of 1,4-dioxane/N,N-dimethylformamide=5:1 (3 mL). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes. The mixture was then treated with Pd(dppf)Cl2 (125 mg, 0.165 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes. The mixture was filtered through a celite pad and the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL), the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) and the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography to afford the title compound (150 mg, 53.2% yield). The mixture was degassed with nitrogen for 10 minutes The mixture was stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 30 minutes The mixture was filtered through a celite pad the filtrate was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (20 mL) the aqueous phase was extracted three additional times with ethyl acetate (10 mL) the combined organic phases were washed with brine (15 mL) dried over sodium sulfate filtered concentrated to afford crude product which was purified by silica-gel chromatography