“…2-Acetyl-6-bromopyridine (Ark Pharm, Inc.), phenylhydrazine hydrochloride (Alfa Aesar), (2-bromophenyl)hydrazine hydrochloride (Alfa Aesar), ethyl pyruvate (Alfa Aesar), 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (Fluka), methanesulfonyl chloride (Alfa Aesar), triethylamine (TEDIA), 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine (Alfa Aesar), 2-(tributylstannyl)pyridine (Matrix Scientific), N , N’ -dimethylethylenediamine (DMEDA, Alfa Aesar), 4-bromoacetophenone (Alfa Aesar), 4-bromotoluene (Acros), 4-chloroacetophenone (Acros), p -toluenesulfonic acid (TsOH, SHOWA), polyphosphoric acid (PPA, SHOWA), Eaton’s reagent (Alfa Aesar), sodium hydroxide (SHOWA), potassium carbonate (Union Chemical Works), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (Aldrich), cesium carbonate (Alfa Aesar), tripotassium phosphate (Alfa Aesar), copper(I) iodide (Aldrich), palladium(II) acetate (Aldrich), phenylboronic acid (Matrix Scientific), and pyrazole(Alfa Aesar) were used as supplied. 2-Py-Br-IndH [ 22 , 23 ] , 2-Py-7-Br-IndH [ 24 , 25 ] , and 2-Ox-7-Br-IndH [ 26 , 27 , 28 ] were prepared by the literature’s method.…”