Sarcosine → 4-Chloro-2-(4-oxo-7,8,9,10-tetrahydropyridazino[4,5-a]indolizin-3(4H)-yl)nicotinaldehyde

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A 100-mL single-neck round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer and a reflux condenser was charged with 1,4-dioxane (50 mL), potassium carbonate (1.5 g, 10.6 mmol), 7,8,9,10-tetrahydropyridazino[4,5-a]indolizin-4(3H)-one 192b (1.0 g, 5.3 mmol), and 2-bromo-4-chloronicotinaldehyde (3.5 g, 15.9 mmol). After bubbling nitrogen through the resulting mixture for 30 minutes, copper(I) bromide (75.0 mg, 0.53 mmol) and sarcosine (47.0 mg, 0.53 mmol) were added, and the reaction mixture was heated at 95° C. for 12 h. After this time the reaction was cooled to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate was partitioned between methylene chloride (60 mL) and water (40 mL). The aqueous layer was separated and extracted with methylene chloride (3×70 mL). The combined organic layer was washed with brine (30 mL) and dried over sodium sulfate. The drying agent was removed by filtration and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica-gel column chromatography eluting with 10:1 ethyl acetate/petroleum ether to afford 192c as a brown solid (521 mg, 30%). MS-ESI: [M+H]+ 329.2.

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