Sodium Bicarbonate → 1-[7-Chloro-2-(3-methylphenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl]-2-propyn-1-ol

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To a cold (−78° C.) suspension of 7-chloro-2-(3-methylphenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-3-carbaldehyde (10.38 g, 36.2 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (80 mL) was added ethynylmagnesium bromide (87 mL, 0.5 M in tetrahydrofuran, 43.4 mmol) dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 hour, then at 0° C. for 2 hours. The resultant solution was poured into saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and brine and the combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate. Filtration and concentration followed by flash chromatography (4:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate to 7:3 hexanes:ethyl acetate) provided 1-[7-chloro-2-(3-methylphenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl]-2-propyn-1-ol (11.3 g, 77%) as a yellow foam. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.03 (d, 1H), 7.60 (s, 1H), 7.54 (d, 1H), 7.37 (t, 1H), 7.26 (d, 1H), 7.17 (dd, 1H), 6.98 (d, 1H), 2.67 (s, 1H), 2.43 (s, 3H), 2.38 (s, 1H); MS m/z297 (M+1).

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