4-Bromo-2-[4-(2-methyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-but-1-ynyl]-phenylamine → 5-Bromo-2-[2-(2-(R)-methyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-ethyl]-1H-indole
Reaction equation
O(C(C)(C)C)[K].[Br:7][C:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]([NH2:14])=[C:10]([C:15]#[C:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][N:19]2[CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][CH:20]2[CH3:24])[CH:9]=1>CN1C(=O)CCC1>[Br:7][C:8]1[CH:9]=[C:10]2[C:11](=[CH:12][CH:13]=1)[NH:14][C:16]([CH2:17][CH2:18][N:19]1[CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][C@H:20]1[CH3:24])=[CH:15]2Participants
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Procedure
To a cooled (0° C.) suspension of KO-tBu (95%, 7.8 g, 66 mmol) in NMP (150 mL) was added a solution of 4-bromo-2-[4-(2-methyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-but-1-ynyl]-phenylamine (10 g, 33 mmol) in NMP (50 mL) dropwise keeping the temperature below 5° C. The resulting mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 3 hours under nitrogen. HPLC indicated that all the starting material was consumed. H2O (400 mL) was added slowly to the reaction mixture followed by addition of IPAc (500 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred for 5 min. and the organic layer was separated. The organic layer was then washed with 20% brine (3×200 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and treated with activated carbon. After filtration, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound as a thick oil (6.2 g), which was used in the next coupling reaction without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.21 (s, 1H), 7.73 (s, 1H), 7.27 (s, 2H), 6.24 (s, 1H), 3.42-3.50 (m, 1H), 3.21-3.28 (m, 1H), 2.97-3.10 (m, 2H), 2.49-2.60 (m, 2H), 2.33 (q, J=8.78 Hz, 1H), 2.10-2.17 (m, 1H), 1.87-2.02 (m, 2H), 1.58-1.67 (m, 1H), 1.24 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H). 13C NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 140.89, 133.92, 129.91, 122.98, 121.77, 112.16, 111.75, 98.32, 60.47, 53.60, 53.34, 33.19, 26.30, 22.14, 19.56. [M+H]+ at m/z 307.