Sodium Bicarbonate → methyl 3-cyclohexyl-2-{2-[2-(tetrahydropyran-2-yloxy)ethylsulfanyl]phenyl}-1H-indole-6-carboxylate

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To a suspension of 2-[2-(2-bromophenylsulfanyl)ethoxy]tetrahydropyran (1.00 g, 3.2 mmol), sodium hydrogen carbonate (1.10 g, 13.2 mmol) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (363 mg, 0.310 mmol) in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (10 ml) and water (5 ml) was added methyl 3-cyclohexyl-2-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-1H-indole-6-carboxylate (1.45 g, 3.78 mmol) with heating under reflux and the mixture was heated under reflux for 2.5 hr. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, water was added to the reaction mixture and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was successively washed with water and saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After filtration, the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=5:1-3:1) to give methyl 3-cyclohexyl-2-{2-[2-(tetrahydropyran-2-yloxy)ethylsulfanyl]phenyl}-1H-indole-6-carboxylate (1.38 g, yield 74.5%).

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