Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(3-Pyridyl)-2-propyn-1-ol

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2-Propynyl alcohol (2.1 g) was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of 3-iodopyridine (2.2 g), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium chloride (0.1 g), triethylamine (1.4 ml), cuprous iodide (0.1 g) and acetonitrile (10 ml) and the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 30 minutes and the heated to 60° C. for 2 hours. The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, poured into water (100 ml) and neutralised by adding dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid. The mixture was extracted with diethyl ether (2×100 ml) and the combined extracts were washed with water (100 ml), dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by column chromatography eluting with methylene chloride to give 3-(3-pyridyl)prop-2-yn-1-yl alcohol (0.8 g), m.p. 99°-100° C.

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