2-Bromopyridine → 3-(Pyridin-2-yl)prop-2-yn-1-ol

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A mixture of 2-bromopyridine (5 g, 31.6 mmol), palladium (II) acetate (5 mg), copper (I) iodide (5 mg), triphenylphosphine (5 mg) in triethylamine (50 ml) was deaerated with argon for 5 minutes. After propagyl alcohol (2.2 ml, 38.0 mmol) was added, the solution was rapidly heated to reflux under argon and conditions maintained for 17 h. On cooling, the mixture was poured into 2M sodium hydroxide (ca. 30 ml) and extracted thoroughly with ethyl acetate. Evaporation of the dried (magnesium sulphate) extracts gave an oil, which was flash chromatographed on silica using 80% ethyl acetate/chloroform. Fractions with Rf of about 0.23 on evaporation gave the title alcohol as a light tan solid: mp 78°-80°.

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