Carbon tetrabromide → 3-(2-bromoethyl)-5-chloro-2-(triethylsilyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine

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3-(2-bromoethyl)-5-chloro-2-(triethylsilyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine was prepared according to method D Step III with 2-(5-chloro-2-(triethylsilyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-3-yl)ethanol (2.0 g; 6.43 mmol) in THF (30 mL) and triphenyl phosphine (2.56 g; 9.65 mmol) and perbromomethane (3.27 g, 9.65 mmol) in THF (40 mL) pre-stirred for 30 minutes. The crude mixture was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluent 5 to 40% of ethyl acetate in heptanes) to yield 1.08 g (45%) of 3-(2-bromoethyl)-5-chloro-2-(triethylsilyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine as a white solid.

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