Hydrochloric Acid → (1 aS,5aS)-2-(4-cyano-pyridin-2-yl)-1a,2,5,5a-tetrahydro-1H-2,3-diaza-cyclopropa[a]pentalene-4-carboxylic acid

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(1aS,5aS)-2-(4-Bromo-pyridin-2-yl)-1a,2,5,5a-tetrahydro-1H-2,3-diaza-cyclopropa[a]pentalene-4-carboxylic acid (0.87 g, 2.72 mmol) was dissolved in DMA (10 mL). Sodium hydride (0.109 g, 2.72 mmol) was added, and nitrogen was bubbled through the mixture for 10 min. Zinc(II) cyanide (0.638 g, 5.44 mmol) and palladium tetrakistriphenylphosphine, (0.157 g, 0.136 mmol) were added. The reaction was stirred under microwave heating in a sealed tube at 120° C. for 2 h. Water (25 mL) and 6 M aqueous HCl (1 mL) were added. The mixture was extracted with 25% iPrOH/dichloromethane (3×25 mL) (The biphasic mixture was filtered after the first extraction to clear up an emulsion). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgSO4), filtered, then concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography to give the title compound (0.68 g) as a tan solid. LCMS m/z=267.0 [M+H]+.

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