Example 2:

[7-(6-Aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-l,4-benzoxazepin-4(5H)-yl] [3-fluoro- 2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]methanone

tørt-Butyl 7-(6-aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydrobenzo[/] [l,4]oxazepine-4(5H)- carboxylate. To a mixture of 4-(te/t-butoxycarbonyl)-2,3,4,5- tetrahydrobenzo[/][l,4]oxazepin-7-ylboronic acid (1.52 g, 5.2 mmol), prepared as described in Reference Example 5, 2-amino-5-bromopyridine (900 mg, 5.2 mmol), and potassium carbonate (1.73 g, 12.5 mmol) in 1 ,2-dimethoxyethane/water (30 mL/10 mL) was added tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (90 mg, 1.5 mol%) and the reaction mixture was purged with nitrogen and stirred at reflux for 3 h. The reaction was cooled to rt, diluted with water/ethyl acetate (50 mL/50 mL), and the separated aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The resulting emulsion was removed by filtration. The combined organic layer was washed with brine, dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was triturated with toluene for 1 h. The resulting off-white solid was isolated by filtration to give the desired product (1.37 g, 77 %) as an off-white solid. MS (EI) for Ci₉H₂₃N₃O₃: 342 (MH⁺).

5-(2,3,4,5-Tetrahydrobenzo[/] [l,4]oxazepin-7-yl)pyridine-2-amine. To a stirred solution of tert-butyl 7-(6-aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydrobenzo[/][l,4]oxazepine- 4(5H)-carboxylate (1.36 g, 3.98 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (5 mL) was added 4 N hydrogen chloride in 1 ,4-dioxane (5 mL) and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The reaction was concentrated on a rotary evaporator and the residue was triturated with ether. The solid was isolated by filtration. This solid was dissolved in water (5 mL) and made basic with 5 N sodium hydroxide to pH 11-12. The brownish sticky oil that aggregated at the bottom was isolated and the aqueous layer was extracted with 5 % methanol in ethyl acetate. The extracts were dried with sodium sulfate and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The brownish sticky oil was dissolved with a mixture of methanol/ethyl acetate, combined with the isolated organic residue and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a yellow solid. This solid was triturated with dichloromethane (10 mL) for 1 h and a yellow solid was isolated by filtration and dried under high vacuum to give amine the desired product (920 mg, 96 %). MS (EI) for Ci₄Hi₅N₃O: 242 (MH⁺).

[7-(6-Aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-l,4-benzoxazepin-4(5H)-yl][3-fluoro-2- methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]methanone.

To a stirred suspension of 5-(2, 3,4,5- tetrahydrobenzo[/][l,4]oxazepin-7-yl)pyridine-2-amine (85 mg, 352 μmol) and triethylamine (54 μL, 387 μmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) was added 3-fluoro-2-methyl-4- (methylsulfonyl)benzoyl chloride (91 mg, in 3 mL of dichloromethane), prepared as described in Reference Example 1, at 0 ⁰C for 2 h. After stirring for an additional 1 h at rt, the reaction mixture was diluted with water (5 mL) and the separated aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane. The combined extracts were dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a light-yellow solid that was purified via silica gel chromatography to give the desired product (113 mg, 70%) as a white solid.

¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆): δ 8.24-8.03 (dd, IH), 7.79-7.71 (m, IH), 7.71-7.69 (dd, 0.5H), 7.57-7.57 (d, 0.5H), 7.44-7.40 (m, 1.5H), 7.29-7.19 (dd, IH), 7.05-7.01 (dd, IH), 6.64-6.63 (d, 0.5H), 6.54-6.45 (dd, IH), 6.06 (s, 2H), 4.93-4.31 (m, 2H), 4.31-3.54 (m, 4H), 3.37-3.36(d, 3H), 2.12-1.77 (d, 3H).

MS (EI) C₂₃H₂₂FN₃O₄S: 456 (MH⁺).

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SYNTHETIC EXAMPLES

Reference Example 13-Fluoro-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoyl chloride
• 1-Bromo-3,4-difluoro-2-methylbenzene. To a stirred mixture of 2,3-difluorotoluene (1.9 g, 14.8 mmol) and iron (82.7 mg, 1.48 mmol) in chloroform (10 mL) at rt was added bromine (76 μL, 14.8 mmol) over 2 h. The resulting mixture was stirred at rt overnight. Excess water (10 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was diluted with ether (20 mL). The separated organic layer was washed with aqueous sodium thiosulfate, brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The residue was distilled to give the desired product (2.49 g, 81%) as a colorless oil.
• 3,4-Difluoro-2-methylbenzoic acid. To a stirred solution of 1-bromo-3,4-difluoro-2-methylbenzene (940 mg, 4.54 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) was added isopropylmagnesium bromide (3.0 mL, 6.0 mmol) over 1 h at 0° C. The resulting mixture was stirred at rt for 24 h. Carbon dioxide (CO₂), generated from dry ice, was introduced to the reaction mixture over 2 h and the resulting mixture was stirred for an additional 30 min. The reaction mixture was quenched with addition of an excess amount of water (5 mL) and the tetrahydrofuran was removed on a rotary evaporator. The resulting aqueous layer was diluted with water (5 mL) and acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid to pH 1-2. The white precipitate was filtered and washed with water and cold hexanes and dried under high vacuum to give the desired product (630 mg, 81%) as a white powder. MS (EI) for C₈H₆F₂O₂: 171 (MH⁻).
• 3-Fluoro-2-methyl-4-(thiomethyl)benzoic acid. To a stirred solution of acid 3,4-difluoro-2-methylbenzoic acid (700 mg, 4.1 mmol) in dimethylsulfoxide (5 mL) was added powdered potassium hydroxide (274 mg, 4.9 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at rt for 30 min. Sodium thiomethoxide (342 mg, 4.9 mmol) was added to the mixture and the resulting mixture was stirred at 55-60° C. for 4 h. Additional powdered potassium hydroxide (70 mg, 1.2 mmol), sodium thiomethoxide (60 mg, 0.8 mmol), and dimethylsulfoxide (2 mL) were added to the reaction mixture. After stirring for 4 h, the mixture was cooled to 0° C. and quenched with excess water (10 mL). The resulting suspension was acidified at 0° C. with concentrated hydrochloric acid to pH 1-2. The white precipitate was collected by suction filtration, washed with water and dried under vacuum overnight to give the desired product (870 mg, 100%). The intermediate sulfide was used in the next step without further purification. MS (EI) for C₉H₉FO₂S: 199.1 (MH⁻).
• 3-Fluoro-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoic acid. To a stirred suspension of 3-fluoro-2-methyl-4-(thiomethyl)benzoic acid in an acetone/water (1 mL/10 mL) mixture was added sodium hydroxide (330 mg, 8.25 mmol) and sodium bicarbonate (680 mg, 8.1 mmol). Oxone (˜4 g) was added portionwise to the reaction mixture at 0° C. over 2 h. The reaction was monitored by LC/MS. Concentrated hydrochloric acid was added to adjust the pH 2-3 and the white precipitate was collected by suction filtration, washed with water, and dried under vacuum. Dried precipitate was suspended in water (10 mL), stirred vigorously at rt for 1 h, filtered, washed with water, and hexanes and dried under vacuum to give the desired product (886 mg, 94%) as a white powder. MS (EI) for C₉H₉FO₄S: 231 (MH⁻).
• 3-Fluoro-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoyl chloride. A mixture of 3-fluoro-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoic acid (860 mg, 3.7 mmol) in thionyl chloride (10 mL) was heated to reflux for 3 h. (the reaction mixture became homogenous). The reaction mixture was concentrated on a rotary evaporator to give the crude acid chloride. This acid chloride was triturated with dichloromethane (2 mL) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The trituration process was repeated 3 times until the product (900 mg, 98%) was obtained as a white powder.

Reference Example 2Ethyl 4-(2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,4-benzoxazepin-7-yl)benzoate hydrochloride salt

• 4-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenylboronic acid (22.16 g, 114 mmol), tert-butyl 7-bromo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepin-4(5H)-carboxylate (34.08 g, 104 mmol), prepared as described in Reference Example 4, Pd(dppf)Cl₂ and TEA (21 g, 208 mmol) were combined in a mixture of dioxane (200 mL) and water (20 mL). The reaction mixture was heated to 90° C. for 2 h, then cooled and the solvent removed. Purification of the residue by silica chromatography gave the desired product ester (31.3 g, 69% yield).
• To the solution of tert-butyl 7-(4-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepine-4(5H)-carboxylate (10.3 g, 25.93 mmol) in MeOH (120 mL) was added a solution of 4 N HCl in dioxane (50 mL). The reaction mixture was heated to 50° C. for 3 h (monitored by LC/MS). The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to rt. Ethyl 4-(2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,4-benzoxazepin-7-yl)benzoate as the hydrochloride salt (8.8 g, 99% yield) was collected by suction filtration.

Reference Example 4tert-Butyl-7-bromo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepine-4(5H)-carboxylate
• tert-Butyl-5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzyl(2-hydroxyethyl)carbamate. Commercially-available 5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (4.0 g, 10 mmol) and 2-aminoethanol were combined in THF/MeOH (100 mL, 10:1) and sodium borohydride (0.76 g, 2.0 mmol) was added with stirring. The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 4 h, concentrated on a rotary evaporator then diluted with EtOAc (50 mL) and saturated NaHCO₃ (30 mL). To this suspension was added di-tert-butyl dicarbonate (2.83 g, 13 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The organic layer was washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. Hexane was subsequently added to the crude reaction product which resulted in the formation of a white solid. This slurry was filtered to obtain the desired product (6.8 g, 98%) as a white solid. MS (EI) for C₁₄H₂₀BrNO₄, found 346 (MH+).
• tert-Butyl-7-bromo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepine-4(5H)-carboxylate. tert-Butyl-5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzyl(2-hydroxyethyl)carbamate (3.46 g, 10 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (3.96 g, 15 mmol) were combined in DCM (100 mL) and diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (3.03 g, 15 mmol) was added. The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 12 h. The reaction mixture was washed with water, dried, filtered, and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The resulting crude product was purified via silica gel chromatography eluting with 8:2 hexane/ethyl acetate to give the desired product (1.74 g, 53%) as a white solid. MS (EI) for C₁₄H₁₈BrNO₃, found 328 (MH+).

Reference Example 54-(tert-Butoxycarbonyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepin-7-ylboronic acid

• To a stirred solution of tert-butyl-7-bromo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepine-4(5H)-carboxylate (10 g, 30.5 mmol), prepared as described in Reference Example 4, and triisopropylborate (9.1 mL, 40 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (100 mL) was added dropwise n-butyllithium in tetrahydrofuran (1.6 M, 25 mL, 40 mmol) while maintaining the temperature below −60° C. Upon completion of addition, the reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min, then quenched with 1 N aqueous hydrochloric acid (35 mL) and allowed to warm to rt. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. Hexane was subsequently added to the crude reaction product which resulted in the formation of a white solid. This slurry was stirred for 1 h and filtered to obtain 4-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepin-7-ylboronic acid (8.6 g, 95%) as a white solid. MS (EI) for C₁₄H₂₀BNO₅: 194 (M-Boc).

Example 2[7-(6-Aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzoxazepin-4(5H)-yl][3-fluoro-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]methanone
• tert-Butyl 7-(6-aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepine-4(5H)-carboxylate. To a mixture of 4-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepin-7-ylboronic acid (1.52 g, 5.2 mmol), prepared as described in Reference Example 5, 2-amino-5-bromopyridine (900 mg, 5.2 mmol), and potassium carbonate (1.73 g, 12.5 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane/water (30 mL/10 mL) was added tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (90 mg, 1.5 mol %) and the reaction mixture was purged with nitrogen and stirred at reflux for 3 h. The reaction was cooled to rt, diluted with water/ethyl acetate (50 mL/50 mL), and the separated aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The resulting emulsion was removed by filtration. The combined organic layer was washed with brine, dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was triturated with toluene for 1 h. The resulting off-white solid was isolated by filtration to give the desired product (1.37 g, 77%) as an off-white solid. MS (EI) for C₁₉H₂₃N₃O₃: 342 (MH⁺).
• 5-(2,3,4,5-Tetrahydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepin-7-yl)pyridine-2-amine. To a stirred solution of tert-butyl 7-(6-aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepine-4(5H)-carboxylate (1.36 g, 3.98 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (5 mL) was added 4 N hydrogen chloride in 1,4-dioxane (5 mL) and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The reaction was concentrated on a rotary evaporator and the residue was triturated with ether. The solid was isolated by filtration. This solid was dissolved in water (5 mL) and made basic with 5 N sodium hydroxide to pH 11-12. The brownish sticky oil that aggregated at the bottom was isolated and the aqueous layer was extracted with 5% methanol in ethyl acetate. The extracts were dried with sodium sulfate and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The brownish sticky oil was dissolved with a mixture of methanol/ethyl acetate, combined with the isolated organic residue and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a yellow solid. This solid was triturated with dichloromethane (10 mL) for 1 h and a yellow solid was isolated by filtration and dried under high vacuum to give amine the desired product (920 mg, 96%). MS (EI) for C₁₄H₁₅N₃O: 242 (MH⁺).
• [7-(6-Aminopyridin-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzoxazepin-4(5H)-yl][3-fluoro-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]methanone. To a stirred suspension of 5-(2,3,4,5-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepin-7-yl)pyridine-2-amine (85 mg, 352 μmol) and triethylamine (54 μL, 387 μmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) was added 3-fluoro-2-methyl-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzoyl chloride (91 mg, in 3 mL of dichloromethane), prepared as described in Reference Example 1, at 0° C. for 2 h. After stirring for an additional 1 h at rt, the reaction mixture was diluted with water (5 mL) and the separated aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane. The combined extracts were dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a light-yellow solid that was purified via silica gel chromatography to give the desired product (113 mg, 70%) as a white solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆): δ 8.24-8.03 (dd, 1H), 7.79-7.71 (m, 1H), 7.71-7.69 (dd, 0.5H), 7.57-7.57 (d, 0.5H), 7.44-7.40 (m, 1.5H), 7.29-7.19 (dd, 1H), 7.05-7.01 (dd, 1H), 6.64-6.63 (d, 0.5H), 6.54-6.45 (dd, 1H), 6.06 (s, 2H), 4.93-4.31 (m, 2H), 4.31-3.54 (m, 4H), 3.37-3.36 (d, 3H), 2.12-1.77 (d, 3H). MS (EI) C₂₃H₂₂FN₃O₄S: 456 (MH⁺).