Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → Methyl 2-methoxy-2'-methyl-3,4'-bipyridine-6-carboxylate

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Degassed 1,2-dimethoxyethane (60 mL) and water (0.5 mL) were added to a flask charged with 4-bromo-2-methylpyridine (1.20 g, 6.98 mmol), methyl 6-methoxy-5-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)pyridine-2-carboxylate (C31) (3.07 g, 10.5 mmol), potassium phosphate (4.44 g, 20.9 mmol), and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.81 g, 0.70 mmol). The mixture was heated to 80° C. for 18 hours, then cooled to room temperature and concentrated in vacuo. Silica gel chromatography (Eluant: ethyl acetate) provided a solid, which was triturated twice with a 1:5 mixture of ethyl acetate and heptane to provide the title compound as a white solid. Yield: 1.68 g, 6.50 mmol, 93%. LCMS m/z 259.1 (M+1). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 2.63 (s, 3H), 4.00 (s, 3H), 4.09 (s, 3H), 7.32 (br d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (br s, 1H), 7.79 (AB quartet, JAB=7.3 Hz, ΔνAB=24.1 Hz, 2H), 8.57 (d, J=5.0 Hz, 1H).

Provenance & Evidence