Abstract: A manufacturing process to a bis-mesylate salt 1b of the pan-RAF inhibitor 4-amino-n-(1-((3-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)amino)-6-methylisoquinolin-5-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine-7-carboxamide. The process features a number of efficient key reactions, including a robust and scalable Pd-catalyzed carbonylation reaction to generate thienopyrimidine 2 and a highly chemoselective Pt/V/C-catalyzed nitro group reduction to access penultimate intermediate 7. The final amide coupling of 7 and 2 was accomplished by a mild and safe protocol employing N,N,N?,N?-tetramethylchloroformamidinium hexafluorophosphate (TCFH) as the coupling reagent, to produce a 1:1 adduct of the freebase and THF. The adduct afforded compound 1b with excellent yield, purity, and form stability on a multikilogram production scale after reaction with MsOH and recrystallization. The methods are able to produce a compound having upwards of 95% purity.

Abstract: Processes for preparing biheteroaryl compounds are provided, including the biheteroaryl compound 3-(difluoromethoxy)-5-[2-(3,3-difluoropyrrolidin-1-yl)-6-[(1S,4S)-2-oxa-5-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-5-yl]pyrimidin-4-yl]pyridin-2-amine. Among other advantages, the processes provide for: the use of solvents that are relatively non-toxic and inexpensive; reduced usage of expensive precious metal catalysts; reaction temperature reduction in certain steps; the use of relatively non-toxic oxidation agents; the use of inexpensive transition metal catalysts; a reduction of molar ratios of certain reactants thereby improving process efficiency while reducing cost and waste; significantly higher reactant concentrations in certain steps; elimination of the need for multiple chromatographic purification steps; elimination of the need for certain extraction steps using organic solvent; and provide for higher yield and improved purity.