Potassium Carbonate → ethyl 2-(4-((2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridin-4-yl)(hydroxy)methyl)phenyl)acetate

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To a suspension of 2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridine-4-carbaldehyde (0.210 g, 0.81 mmol) in dioxane (10 mL) was added palladium chloride (0.007 g, 0.040 mmol), trinaphthyl phosphine (0.017 g, 0.040 mmol), potassium carbonate 0.336 g, 2.43 mmol), and methyl 2-(4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)phenyl)acetate (0.200 g, 0.97 mmol). The mixture was purged with nitrogen and then heated to 100° C. under sealed conditions for 16 h. After this time, the mixture was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography (silica, hexanes/ethyl acetate) to afford the title compound (0.250 g, 75%) as a white foam. MW=421.9. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 8.01-7.97 (m, 1H), 7.87-7.83 (m, 1H), 7.76 (s, 1H), 7.40-7.23 (m, 6H), 5.81 (s, 1H), 4.13 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.59 (s, 2H), 3.07-2.98 (m, 2H), 2.87-2.79 (m, 1H), 2.64-2.49 (m, 1H), 2.08 (quin, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.30-1.21 (m, 3H); APCI MS m/z 422 [M+H]+.

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