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SUBMITTER: Ma Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2736357 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of organic chemistry 20081201 24
The lithium diisopropylamide (LDA)-mediated condensation of 2-fluoro-3-picoline and benzonitrile to form 2-phenyl-7-azaindole via a Chichibabin cyclization is described. Facile dimerization of the picoline via a 1,4-addition of the incipient benzyllithium to the picoline starting material and fast 1,2-addition of LDA to benzonitrile cause the reaction to be complex. Both adducts are shown to reenter the reaction coordinate to produce the desired 7-azaindole. The solution structures of the key in ...[more]