Sodium Cyanide → 3-ethyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-6-carbonitrile

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 3-ethyl-6-fluoro-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine (2.92 g, 0.0117 mol), sodium cyanide (3.9 g, 0.079 mol), tetra-N-butylammonium bromide (7.6 g, 0.023 mol) and dimethyl sulfoxide (60 mL) was heated at 150° C. for 2 hours. After cooling, the product was extracted using ethyl acetate (300 mL). The extract was washed with water (5×50 mL) and brine (50 mL), and then concentrated to provide the crude product as a brown solid, which was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel using a 10-50% hexane:ethyl acetate gradient over 15 minutes (flow rate 20 mL/min) to afford 2.22 g (73.9%) of 3-ethyl-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-6-carbonitrile as an off-white solid, which was used without further purification. LC/MS (EI) tR 3.57 (Method E), m/z 257.2 (M++1).

Provenance & Evidence