Cesium carbonate → tert-Butyl 6-nitro-3',6'-dihydro-[3,4'-bipyridine]-1'(2'H)-carboxylate

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In a 50 mL round-bottomed flask, 5-bromo-2-nitropyridine (3.28 g, 16.2 mmol, Eq: 1) and tert-butyl 4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate (5 g, 16.2 mmol, Eq: 1.00) were combined with dioxane (80.0 ml) to give a light yellow solution. Cs2CO3 (10.5 g, 32.3 mmol, Eq: 2) and 3 mL H2O were added. The solution was degassed with Ar before bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(ii) dichloride (1.13 g, 1.62 mmol, Eq: 0.1) was added. The reaction mixture was heated to 80° C. and stirred for 15 h. The reaction mixture was poured into 300 mL H2O and extracted with EtOAc (3×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine and dried over MgSO4. The crude reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The crude material was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, 220 g, 10% to 100% EtOAc/Hex gradient) to give a dark brown impure solid. The solid was triturated with Et2O to afford tert-butyl 4-(6-nitropyridin-3-yl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate (685 mg, 69%) as a tan solid. LC/MS-ESI observed [M+H]+ 306.

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