Potassium Cyanide → 2-(1-benzyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-6-methyl-7-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl)acetonitrile

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A suspension of 1-benzyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-7(6H)-one (4 g, 10.6 mmol) in Dichloromethane (DCM) (50 mL) was treated with Et3N (4.38 mL, 31.5 mmol) and MsCl (1.839 mL, 23.60 mmol) at 0° C. and then stirred for 30 min. The mixture was diluted with Dichloromethane, washed with 0.1N HCl and NaHCO3, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to afford (1-benzyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-6-methyl-7-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl)methyl methanesulfonate as a pale yellow solid (4.8 g, 10.5 mmol, 95% yield) which was used for in next step without any further purification. A solution of (1-benzyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-6-methyl-7-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl)methyl methanesulfonate (4.8 g, 10.5 mmol) in N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) (30 mL) was treated with KCN (6.15 g, 94 mmol) and the resultant was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. The mixture was quenched with water and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified on silica gel (0-70% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to afford 2-(1-benzyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-6-methyl-7-oxo-6,7-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl)acetonitrile (2.7 g, 7.0 mmol, 67% yield) as a pale yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) ppm 7.47-7.52 (m, 2H) 7.31-7.35 (m, 3H) 7.27-7.30 (m, 4H) 7.04-7.09 (m, 1H) 5.94-5.98 (m, 1H) 5.83-5.88 (s, 2H) 3.81 (s, 3H) 3.64 (s, 2H); LCMS (m/z) ES+=388 (M+1).

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