N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone → HCID 68511164, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

4-Bromo-6-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid (0.150 g, 0.556 mmol, Anichem) and zinc cyanide (0.39 g, 3.3 mmol) were mixed in N-methylpyrrolidinone (2 mL) and the mixture was degassed by bubbling a stream of nitrogen through the mixture for 10 minutes. Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.096 g, 0.083 mmol) was added, the degassing was continued for 5 minutes, then the reaction was sealed and heated in the microwave to a temperature of 160° C. for 15 minutes. The mixture was filtered and purified by preparative HPLC (eluting with a gradient from 18.8 to 40.9% MeCN/H2O containing 0.1% TFA over 1-6 min at 60 mL/min thru C18 SunFire 30×100 mm, 5 um particle size) using UV detection. The product eluted at 5.25 minutes.

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