Bromine → 3-Bromo-5-methyl-1-tosyl-1h-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine

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5-methyl-1-tosyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine (1.9 g, 6.62 mmol) in dichloromethane (40 mL) was treated dropwise with a solution of bromine (0.678 mL, 13.24 mmol) in dichloromethane (3 mL). The resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was partitioned between dichloromethane (150 mL) and a 1:1 mixture of a saturated aqueous solution of NaHCO3 and a saturated aqueous solution of Na2S2O3 (250 mL). The organic phase was separated and the aqueous phase was re-extracted twice with DCM (50 mL). The combined organic phases were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give the desired compound as an off-white solid (2.381 g, 99% yield).

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