GENERAL STEPS: To DMF (550 mL) under nitrogen protection were added 4-chloro-7-methanesulfonyl-2-morpholin-4-yl-6,7-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine (57.9 g, 181.6 mmol), 2-amino-5-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)pyrimidine ( 48.2 g, 218.0 mmol), potassium phosphate (42.4 g, 199.8 mmol) and water (30 mL) and degassed. Subsequently, dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) (1.3 g, 1.8 mmol) was added, degassed again, and then the reaction was stirred at 60 °C for 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was cooled in an ice bath, water (750 mL) was added and stirring was continued for 2 hours. The precipitate was collected by filtration and washed sequentially with water (240 mL) and acetone (240 mL) to give the crude product (75.6 g). The crude product (62.0 g) was suspended in water (1500 mL) and stirred at 50 °C for 1 hour. The suspension was filtered and washed sequentially with water (400 mL) and acetone (400 mL) to afford 5-(7-methylsulfonyl-2-morpholin-4-yl-6,7-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)pyrimidin-2-amine as an off-white solid (53.7 g, 96% yield).