Abstract
A novel and efficient strategy for the synthesis of 2‐substituted 4‐azaindoles from 2‐chloro‐3‐nitropyridine through Pd‐catalyzed Sonogashira cross‐coupling, followed by reduction and heteroannulation on t‐BuOK, is reported.
Acknowledgment
This work was partially supported by CPU and NSFC (20742003).