Morpholine → 4-(2-Fluoropyridin-3-yl)morpholine

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A microwave reaction vessel was charged with 2-fluoro-3-iodopyridine (purchased from Maybridge™) (0.565 g, 2.53 mmol), morpholine (purchased from Aldrich™) (0.221 ml, 2.53 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (purchased from Strem™) (0.154 g, 0.152 mmol), 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,6′-dimethoxy-1,1′-biphenyl (purchased from Strem™) (0.135 g, 0.304 mmol), and sodium t-butoxide (0.8 g, 7.6 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred and heated in a Discover® model microwave reactor (CEM, Matthews, N.C.) at 150° C. for 20 min (125 watts, Powermax feature on, ramp time 5 min). Solvent was evaporated. The crude product was adsorbed onto a plug of silica gel and chromatographed through a Biotage pre-packed silica gel column, eluting with a gradient of 1% to 5% MeOH in CH2Cl2, to provide 4-(2-fluoropyridin-3-yl)morpholine (0.311 g, 67.5% yield).

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