Nitrogen → 4-{[(2-Hydroxyethyl)(methyl)amino]methyl}-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indol-5-ol

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To a solution of 5-(Benzyloxy)-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indole-4-carbaldehyde (50 mg, 0.12 mmol, Intermediate 62) in DCE (3 mL) was added N-methyl ethanolamine, 22 mg (0.26 mmol) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride, 80 mg (0.38 mmol) and the mixture was heated in a sealed test tube at 40° C. over night. The solvent was removed at reduced pressure and the residue was dissolved in MeOH (2 mL), 10% Pd/C, 20 mg was added and the mixture was flushed with N2, NH4+HCOO− (50 mg, 0.8 mmol) was added, the reaction mixture was again flushed with N2 and the reaction mixture was stirred at 40° C. over night. The solvent was removed at reduced pressure, the semisolid was taken up between CHCl3/H2O, washed with H2O (×1), brine (×1), dried (MgSO4) and the solvent was removed at reduced pressure. A sample was withdrawn and purified with on a preparative HPLC, method B, to yield 6.3 mg of a colorless oil. MS (ESI+) for C18H20N2O4S m/z 361 (M+H)+.

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