Trimethylsilylacetylene → 2-Fluoro-3-((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)pyridine

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A mixture of 2-fluoro-3-iodopyridine (5 g), trimethylsilylacetylene (2.86 g) copper(I) iodide (0.015 g) and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium dichloride (0.06 g) in a mixture of THF (20 mL) and triethylamine (30 mL) was stirred under argon for 4 hours. The solvents were evaporated and the residue was taken up in water/ethyl acetate. The organic phase was separated, dried and evaporated. Distillation of the residue gave 2-fluoro-3-(trimethylsilylethynyl)pyridine as an oil (4.10 g).

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