5-Bromo-3-methyl-2-pyridin-3-yl-1H-indole → 3-methyl-2-pyridin-3-yl-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile

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5-Bromo-3-methyl-2-pyridin-3-yl-1H-indole (5.0 g, 16.7 mmol) and copper (I) cyanide (1.9 g, 20.1 mmol) are placed in a round bottom flask which is flushed with N2. N-Methylpyrrolidinone (40 mL) is added via syringe. The resulting mixture is heated to 200° C. under N2 with vigorous stirring overnight. The mixture is cooled to room temperature and dichloromethane (200 mL) is added. The mixture is filtered through a pad of celite. The filtrate is washed with 10% aqueous ammonia in saturated aqueous ammonium chloride. The aqueous phase is extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue is purified by silica gel flash chromatography (ethyl acetate-heptane, 0:1 to 1:0) to give 3-methyl-2-pyridin-3-yl-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 2.45 (s, 3H), 7.45-7.60 (m, 3H), 8.06-8.11 (m, 1H), 8.15 (s, 1H), 8.60 (dd, J=4.8, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.91 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 11.94 (br. s., 1H). HRMS (ESI) m/z 234.1031 [(M+H)+ Calcd for C15H11N3, 234.1031].

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