Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → 2-tert-butyl-5-chloro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine

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A mixture of [6-chloro-4-(3,3-dimethyl-but-1-ynyl)-pyridin-3-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (15.8 g, 51 mmol) and TBAF (26.6 g, 0.1 mol) in THF (200 mL) was heated at reflux for 24 hours. After cooling, the mixture was poured into ice water and extracted with CH2Cl2 (300 mL×3). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and evaporated under reduced pressure to obtain a residue, which was purified by column chromatography (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate=10/1) to give 2-tert-butyl-5-chloro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine (9.2 g, 87%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.15 (br s, 1H), 8.43 (s, 1H), 7.44 (s, 1H), 6.25 (dd, J=0.6, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 1.42 (s, 9H).

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