Iodine → 4-Bromo-2-iodo-1-(4-methylbenzene-1-sulfonyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine

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To a solution of Example 369A (25 g, 71.2 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (600 mL) at −78° C. was slowly added 2M lithium diisopropylamide in heptane/tetrahydrofuran/ethylbenzene (39.1 mL, 78 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 hour. A solution of iodine (19.87 g, 78 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (100 mL) was added slowly and the reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature gradually. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and was quenched with saturated aqueous sodium thiosulfate, water and ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate and the combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give the title compound. MS (CI) m/z 477 (M+H)+.

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