Triethylamine → 5-Phenylethynyl-pyridin-2-ylamine

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Bis-(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II)dichloride (480 mg, 0.68 mmol, 0.05 equiv.) was dissolved in 50 ml THF. (3 g, 13.6 mmol) 2-Amino-5-iodopyridine and phenylacetylene (2.79 g, 27.3 mmol, 2.0 equiv.) were added at room temperature. Triethylamine (5.58 ml, 40.9 mmol, 3 equiv.), triphenylphosphine (111 mg, 0.41 mmol, 0.03 equiv.) and copper(I)iodide (70 mg, 0.41 mmol, 0.03 equiv.) were added and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 65° C. The reaction mixture was cooled and extracted with saturated NaHCO3 solution and three times with ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The crude product was suspended in dichloromethane, filtered and the solid evaporated to dryness. The desired 5-phenylethynyl-pyridin-2-ylamine (1.6 g, 62% yield) was obtained as a light yellow solid, MS: m/e=195.3 (M+H+).

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