Potassium tert-butoxide → HCID 58598878, compound

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Ethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (0.6 g, 1.6 mmol) and potassium tert-butoxide (0.18 g, 1.6 mmol) were added to a solution of 2-benzyl-5-methoxy-2,3,3a,8a-tetrahydro-1H-2-aza-cyclopenta[a]inden-8-one (from Example 1, Step C) (0.32 g, 1.1 mmol) in anhydrous ether (2.2 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature then filtered through celite. The celite was washed with ether (10 mL), and the filtrate was concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (SiO2) using a 0-35% EtOAc-hexanes gradient to afford the subtitle compound in quantitative yield. MS calculated for C21H23NO+H: 306, observed: 306.

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