Sodium hydride → 4-Chloro-1-((2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy)methyl)-1H-pyrrolo(2,3-b)pyridine

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To a solution of 4-chloro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (3.05 g, 20 mmol, prepared according to Thibault, C. et al. Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 5023) in DMF (50 mL) at −40° C. under N2, was added NaH (60% in mineral oil, 880 mg, 22 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt for 15 min, then cooled to −40° C. To this solution was added (2-(chloromethoxy)ethyl)trimethylsilane (3.67 g, 22 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The mixture was diluted with EtOAc, washed twice with 10% LiCl, and dried over MgSO4. The title compound was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, eluding with hexane, followed by Et2O) to give the desired product (5.6 g, quantitiatve yield) as an oil. LC/MS(ESI+) m/z 283 (M+H)+.

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