Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 4-iodo-1,6-dimethyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-5-carboxylate

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A 0° C. solution of ethyl 4-hydroxy-1,6-dimethyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-5-carboxylate (10.0 g, 42.7 mmol) in acetonitrile (200 mL) and pyridine (4.13 mL, 51.2 mmol) was treated dropwise with Tf2O (8.65 mL, 51.2 mmol). After 1 h, the reaction mixture was treated with NaI (19.20 g, 128 mmol) followed by dropwise addition of 3M HCl (17.08 mL, 51.2 mmol) and warmed to 70° C. After 3 h, the reaction mixture was cooled to ambient temperature and added to a sat. aq. solution of Na2S2O3. After stirring for 15 min, ethyl acetate was added and the layers partitioned. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo to afford ethyl 4-iodo-1,6-dimethyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-5-carboxylate (14.7 g).

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