Dichloromethane → methyl (S)-2-[3-(2-benzyloxy-1-methylethyl)-2-triethylsilyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-5-yl]-2-methylpropanoate

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A vigorously stirred suspension of methyl 2-(6-amino-5-iodopyridin-3-yl)-2-methylpropanoate (4.61 g, 14.4 mmol), (S)-(4-benzyloxy-3-methylbut-1-ynyl)triethylsilane (4.98 g, 17.3 mmol), Pd(dppf)Cl2.CH2Cl2 (0.59 g, 0.72 mmol) LiCl (0.61 g, 14.4 mmol), Na2CO3 (3.82 g, 36.0 mmol) and N,N-dimethylformamide (60 mL) was degassed via three vacuum/nitrogen ingress cycles and the resulting mixture was heated at approximately 90° C. overnight. After cooling to ambient temperature, the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and filtered through celite® washing copiously with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate (×3). The combined organic extract was washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (gradient elution; 20-25% ethyl acetate/hexanes as eluent) to give the title compound as a viscous pale yellow oil (6.11 g, 95%).

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