Sodium Carbonate → 5-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrazine

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50 mg (0.16 mmol) of 5-iodo-3-phenyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrazine, 38 mg (0.20 mmol) of 3,4-dimethoxyphenylboronic acid and 6 mg (5 mol %) of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphino)palladium(II) were placed in a vial and 1 ml of acetonitrile and 1 ml of a 2 M aqueous solution of sodium carbonate were added and the mixture irradiated in a Personal Chemistry®® microwave reactor to 165° C. for 1200 sec. The resulting mixture was distributed between 15 ml of a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate and 75 ml of dichloromethane. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. The crude was purified via flash chromatography on silica gel using a gradient of methanol in dichloromethane. The product isolated was crystallized from hot ethanol to afford 14 mg (43 μmol, 27% yield) of 5-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrazine as an orange powder. 1H-NMR (d6-DMSO) δ: 12.30 [1H] s, 8.92 [1H] s, 8.43 [1H] s, 8.35 [2H] d, 7.80 [1H] (m), 7.79 [1H] d(m), 7.46 [2H] dd, 7.25 [1H] dd(d), 7.13 [1H] d, 3.92 [3H] s, 3.84 [3H] s. MS: m/z 332 [MH+].

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