Tetrahydrofuran → 3-(6-Chloro-pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-1-triisopropylsilanyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine

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Into a round bottom flask was added 5-iodo-2-chloro-pyridine (315.0 mg, 1.32 mmol) and tetrahydrofuran (12.0 mL, 0.15 mol) at −40° C. under an atmosphere of nitrogen. Into the reaction 2.0M of isopropylmagnesium chloride in tetrahydrofuran (0.72 mL, 1.44 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 40 minutes at −40° C. TLC (hexane/ethyl acetate 2:1) indicated no starting material. Into the reaction mixture 0.6M of CuCN.2LiCl in tetrahydrofuran (2.4 mL, 1.44 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was allowed to come to room temperature for 5 minutes and trimethyl phosphite (0.29 mL, 2.4 mmol) was added. After 10 minutes, this solution was added into a round bottom flask containing compound 5 (315.0 mg) and toluene (8.0 mL). The reaction was stirred at 20° C. for 40 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water and the compound extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated and purified with biotage (dichloromethane/methanol 1:10) to give compound 6 (230 mg, yield=59.0%) as a white solid. Compound 6a (3-(6-Bromo-pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-1-triisopropylsilanyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine) (MS (ESI) [M+H+]+=288.1, 290.1) was prepared substituting 5-iodo-2-chloro-pyridine with 5-iodo-2-bromo-pyridine in Step 4, with reaction conditions and work up procedure the same as that for the synthesis of compound 6.

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