Bromine → 5-Bromo-2,3-dihydro-7-azaindole

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2,3-Dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (4.40 g, 36.6 mmol) in a mixture of pyridine (4.4 mL) and dichloromethane (20 mL) was gradually added dropwise to bromine (7.00 g, 43.8 mmol) in dichloromethane (20 mL) cooled to 0° C., and the resulting reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 20 minutes, after addition of saturated aqueous sodium thiosulfate, the reaction mixture was extracted with chloroform, and the organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=1/1→0/1 (v/v)) to give the title compound as a brown solid (2.83 g, yield 39%).

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