Tris(1,1-dimethylethyl)phosphine → 5-[4-amino-3-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carbonitrile

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4-Bromo-2-(trifluoromethoxy)aniline (1.3 g, 5.0 mmol), 5-cyano-1-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl boronic acid (0.9 g, 6.0 mmol), potassium fluoride (0.96 g, 16.5 mmol), and tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (0.12 g, 0.12 mmol) were placed in an oven dried flask under nitrogen and THF (12.5 mL) was added. Tri-t-butylphosphine (10 wt % in hexane) (0.356 mL, 0.24 mol) was added and the reaction was stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through silica, rinsed with ethyl acetate, and concentrated. The crude product was pre-adsorbed onto the Celite™ reagent and purified via Isco chromatography (the Redisep® column, silica, gradient 5-30% ethyl acetate in hexane) to afford 1.0 g (71%) of 5-[4-amino-3-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carbonitrile.

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