Cesium carbonate → 1-(5-Bromo-3-pyridinyl)-2-pyrrolidinone

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Cesium carbonate (213 mg), pyrrolidin-2-one (45 mg), Xantphos (76 mg), and Pd2(dba)3 (60 mg) were added to a 1,4-dioxane (4 ml) solution containing 3,5-dibromopyridine (100 mg) in a nitrogen atmosphere, followed by reflux for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was adjusted to room temperature and water was added, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The resultant was washed with saturated saline and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Then, the solvent was distilled away under reduced pressure, the obtained residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=3:1 to 1:1), and a white solid of 1-(5-bromopyridin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-2-one (45 mg) was thus obtained.

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