Potassium tert-butoxide → 5-Chloro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine

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A solution of potassium tert-butoxide (36 g, 320 mmol) in N-methylpyrrolidone (70 ml) was heated to 80° C. under nitrogen. A solution of 5-chloro-3-(trimethyl-silanylethynyl)-pyridin-2-ylamine (2) (36 g, 160 mmol) in NMP (200 ml) was added dropwise via a dropping funnel. The reaction mixture was stirred at 80° C. for a further fifty minutes. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. Brine (500 ml) was added to the reaction mixture and extracted with diethyl ether (5×200 ml). The combined organics were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography, using as eluent pentane/EtOAc 0% to 40%, and further recrystallised from cyclohexane to afford the title compound (10 g, 41%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) 6.5 (1H, s), 7.4 (1H, s), 8.0 (1H, s), 8.2 (1H, s), 10.4-10.6 (1H, brs). MS (ES+) 153.

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