Cesium carbonate → 7-chloro-2-(difluoromethyl)-2H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridine

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A mixture of 7-chloro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridine (4.99 g, 32.5 mmol), sodium chlorodifluoroacetate (14.86 g, 97 mmol), and cesium carbonate (40.2 g, 123 mmol) in DMF (81 ml) was heated at 95° C. for 4 h. The reaction was allowed to cool to rt and the solids were filtered. The filtrate was diluted with water and extracted with EtOAc. The organic extract was washed with water, satd NaCl, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was adsorbed onto a plug of silica gel and chromatographed through a Biotage SNAP HP-silica gel column (100 g), eluting with a gradient of 5% to 60% EtOAc in hexane, to provide a white solid (1.4117 g, 6.93 mmol, 21.34% yield). MS m/z=203.9 [M+H]+. Calculated for C7H4ClF2N3: 203.

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