Dimethylformamide → Methyl 3-cyano-1H-indazole-5-carboxylate

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A suspension of 5-bromo-3-cyanoindazole (3 g, 13.51 mmol), palladium dichloride 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (1.76 g, 2.16 mmol), sodium acetate (3.32 g, 40.5 mmol), dimethylformamide (1 mL) in methanol (100 mL) was degassed, and kept under carbon monoxide (80 psi) pressure at 80° C. in a autoclave for 16 hours. The mixture was diluted with water (50 mL), filtered through Celite® bed and the filtrate was concentrated. The obtained residue was acidified with 10% citric acid solution and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (50 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The obtained crude product was purified by column chromatography (100-200 mesh silica gel) using 10% ethyl acetate in chloroform as eluent to afford methyl 3-cyano-1H-indazole-5-carboxylate (1.8 g, 68%) as a solid. 1HNMR (CDCl3) δ ppm 10.8 (s, 1H), 8.7 (s, 1H), 8.22 (d, 1H), 7.64 (d, 1H), 4.0 (s, 3H).

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