The synthesis of 5‐azaindoles by substitution‐rearrangement of 7‐azaindoles upon treatment with certain primary amines

Certain 4-substituted 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines (7-azaindoles) undergo a nucleophilic substitution-rearrangement upon treatment with various primary amines at elevated temperatures to yield N-1-substituted 4-amino-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridines (5-azaindoles). Treatment of the same 7-azaindoles with secondary amines under the same reaction conditions led to simple nucleophilic substitution products.

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