1,4-diiodobenzene

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Conditions: temp:100.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 2-(6-ethynyl-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (100 mg, 0.321 mmol), 1,4-Diiodo-benzene (529 mg, 1.61 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (37 mg, 0.03 mmol), copper(I) iodide (12 mg, 0.06 mmol) and triethylamine (0.135 mL, 0.96 mmol) in 2 ml DMF was heated to 100° C. in the microwave for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was cooled and dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with 5% lithium chloride aqueous solution. The organic layer was dried (MgSO4), concentrated and purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 20 to 100% ethyl acetate/hexane) to give 2-[6-(4-Iodo-phenylethynyl)-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl]-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (123 mg, yield 75%). LCMS-ESI−: calc'd for C24H24IN3O2: 513.37. Found: 531.8 (M+H+). The reaction mixture was cooled washed with 5% lithium chloride aqueous solution The organic layer was dried (MgSO4) concentrated purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 20 to 100% ethyl acetate/hexane)