Potassium Carbonate → phenyl 2-(5-nitro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-1-yl)acetate

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To a solution of 5-nitro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (0.200 g, 1.226 mmol) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (254.2 mg, 1.839 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (6.0 mL) at room temperature was added phenyl 2-bromoacetate (0.755 mg, 3.678 mmol). After 20 h stirring at room temperature, additional phenyl 2-bromoacetate (1.256 g, 6.13 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with methylene chloride (70 mL), quenched with an aqueous pH 7 phosphate buffer solution (30 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with methylene chloride (3×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were then successively washed with an aqueous pH 7 phosphate buffer solution (50 mL) and brine (50 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated. The crude residue was purified by C18 reverse phase chromatography (H2O:CH3CN eluant gradient) to give phenyl 2-(5-nitro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-1-yl)acetate (C-7) as a beige solid (50.0 mg, 13% yield). MS (M+1): m/e 298.

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