Sodium hydride → tert-butyl (S)-3-chloro-7-isopropyl-5,7-dihydro-6H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]pyridine-6-carboxylate

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To a solution of (S)-(2-(1-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-2-methylpropyl)-5-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl methanesulfonate and tert-butyl(S)-(1-(5-chloro-3-(chloromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)-2-methylpropyl)carbamate (3:1 mixture, 6.39 g, 16.9 mmol) in THF (75 mL) at 0° C. was added sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 811 mg, 20.3 mmol). The mixture was warmed to rt and stirred for 15 h, at which point it was quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution (100 mL). The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL). The combined organic layer was washed with brine (50 mL), dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (eluting with 5% EtOAc in hexanes, gradient to 10%) to give tert-butyl(S)-3-chloro-7-isopropyl-5,7-dihydro-6H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]pyridine-6-carboxylate (4.31 g, 85% yield over 3 steps) as a yellow oil. LC-MS tR=1.12 min in 1 min chromatography, MS (ESI) m/z 297.3 [M+H]+. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz, mixture of rotamers): δ 8.43 (s, 1H), 7.56 (s, 0.6H), 7.50 (s, 0.4H), 4.96 (s, 0.4H), 4.87 (s, 0.6H), 4.86 (d, J=16.0 Hz, 0.6H), 4.74 (d, J=15.6 Hz, 0.4H), 4.52 (d, J=12.0 Hz, 0.4H), 4.49 (d, J=15.2 Hz, 0.6H), 2.60-2.51 (m, 0.4H), 2.40-2.36 (m, 0.6H), 1.49 (s, 9H), 1.08 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 1.2H), 0.99 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 1.8H), 0.78 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 1.8H), 0.72 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 1.2H).

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