Ammonium formate → 6-Bromoisoquinolin-3-Amine

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A mixture of 1,6-dibromoisoquinolin-3-amine (13.5 g, 45 mmol), ammonium formate (10.8 g, 172 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (3.45 g, 3.0 mmol) in 50 mL of DMF were sealed in a 350 mL screw-cap flask and heated at 50° C. for 48 hours. To the reaction was added tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (0) (950 mg) and ammonium formate (3.0 g), and the mixture was heated at 50° C. for 48 hours. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solid was filtered, washed with a minimal amount of DMF, washed with Et2O and dried in vacuo at 50° C. to give the product as a yellow amorphous solid (10.4 g, 90%) LCMS (API-ES) m/z: 222.9, 224.9 [M+1]. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 8.81 (s, 1H), 7.80 (d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.73 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.22 (dd, J=8.6, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 6.55 (s, 1H), 6.12 (s, 2H).

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