4-(6-chloro-2-methylpyridin-3-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-indazole → 6-methyl-5-(6-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-indazol-4-yl)picolinonitrile

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A mixture of 4-(6-chloro-2-methylpyridin-3-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-indazole (0.97 g, 3.11 mmol), dicyanozinc (1.462 g, 12.45 mmol), and tetrakis(triphenylphoshine)palladium(0) (0.360 g, 0.311 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) was thoroughly degassed by nitrogen and stirred at 120° C. for 24 hours. The reaction mixture was subsequently cooled and diluted with EtOAc then washed with brine. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by CombiFlash® chromatography, eluting with a gradient of 0-100% EtOAc in hexane. The product-containing fractions were combined and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid (0.32 g, 34%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 2.39 (s, 3H), 7.45 (d, J=1.01 Hz, 1H), 7.90-8.16 (m, 4H), 13.81 (s, 1H); ESI-MS m/z [M+H]+ calc'd for C15H9F3N4, 303.1. found 303.18.

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