Dimethylamine → dimethyl 1-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-5,6-dicarboxylate

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Dimethylamine (7.5 g, 166.6 mol) is bubbled into a solution of dimethyl 5-(2-chloroethyl)-6-chloro-2,3-pyridinedicarboxylate (20.0 g, 66mmol) in methanol (400 mL) over three hours. The resulting solution is stirred for 64 hours at room temperature and then four and one-half hours at reflux. After cooling the mixture is concentrated under vacuum and the crude product chromatographed on 250 g silica using 2:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate and then 1:1 hexanesethyl acetate as eluant, affording 2.32 g (14%) of dimethyl 1-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-5,6-dicarboxylate, which is recrystallized from methylene chloride/hexanes, having a melting point 132°-133° C.

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