Sodium Hydroxide → 5-(1H-indol-4-yl)pyridin-2-amine

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Palladium catalyst Pd(PPh3)4 (142 mg, 0.12 mmol) and freshly prepared aqueous sodium hydroxide (493 mg, 12.33 mmol in 6 mL of water) were added to a mixture of 4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-1H-indole (1 g, 4.11 mmol) and 2-amino-5-bromopyridine (853 mg, 4.93 mmol) in THF (20 mL). The system was degassed and then purged three times with nitrogen. The mixture was stirred under nitrogen at 80° C. in an oil bath for 4.5 hours. It was then cooled to room temperature and ethyl acetate (300 mL) was added. The organic layer was isolated, washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography to give 720 mg (84%) of 5-(1H-indol-4-yl)-pyridin-2-ylamine as a thick brown syrup.

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