Hydrochloric Acid → (S)-3-(5-chloroindole-2-carbonylamino)-1-cyanomethyl-3,4-dihydrocarbostyril

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(S)-3-(5-chloroindole-2-carbonylamino)-3,4-dihydrocarbostyril (Example 4, 13.4 mg) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) at room temperature under argon with stirring. After cooing to 0° C., sodium methoxide (4.3 mg) was added, followed 2 h later by bromoacetonitrile (7.2 mg). This was warmed to room temperature over 2 h, and 2 h later water (15 mL), 1.0 M aqueous hydrochloric acid (1 mL), and ethyl acetate (20 mL) were added. The organic phase was separated, washed with brine, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After solvent evaporation under vacuum, the crude product was purified by reverse phase preparative HPLC to provide the title compound (4 mg). HPLC/MS [M+H]+, 379; HPLC/MS [M+Na]+, 401.

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