Sodium hydride → 5-chloro-3-iodo-1-(triisopropylsilyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine

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5-Chloro-3-iodo-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (150, 31.2 g, 0.112 mol) was dissolved in N-methylpyrrolidinone (800 mL) and NaH (60% dispersion, 4.93 g, 0.123 mol) was added at room temperature. The resulting mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. To this mixture was then added triisopropylsilylchloride (24.0 mL, 0.112 mol) and the resulting mixture was stirred for 2 hours. The reaction was quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate three times, washed by brine, dried, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was subjected to silica gel flash chromatography (eluted by heptane to 5% ethyl acetate/heptane) to afford the desired compound (43 g 88%) as a pale-yellow solid.

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