Trimethylsilylacetylene → 2-Chloro-4-(2-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)pyridine

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A mixture of 2.5 g of 4-bromo-2-chloropyridine (12.6 mmol), 2.2 ml of (trimethylsilyl)acetylene (15.1 mmol), 153 mg of copper(I)iodide (0.79 mmol) and 287 mg of bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II)chloride (0.41 mmol) in triethylamine (15 ml) was stirred at RT for 1 h. The triethylamine was then removed in vacuo, water was added and the mixture was extracted with diethylether. The combined organic extracts were then washed with water and brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a residue which was purified by column chromatography (heptane/EtOAc 100:0 to 98:2) to give 2-chloro-4-trimethylsilanylethynyl-pyridine (2.394 g, 91%) as a light yellow liquid. MS (ISP) 210.1 (M+H)+.

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