Potassium Hydroxide → 6-Bromo-1-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl-3,3-bis-pyridin-4-ylmethyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one

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6-Bromo-1-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one (195 mg, 0.554 mmol) was dissolved in 1 ml of THF and was then added to a previously degassed solution of 3 ml of THF and 5 ml of aqueous 1 N KOH under an atmosphere of dry N2. To this solution was added 4-picolyl chloride hydrochloride (275 mg, 1.67 mmol). The reaction mixture was then stirred at ambient temperature for 2 hours after which time the reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum to give a green oil. The oil was partitioned between DCM and saturated aqueous NaHCO3. The DCM layer was then washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under vacuum to give a dark oil which was chromatographed on flash silica gel eluting with a gradient from EtOAc/hexanes (50:50) to EtOAc to EtOAc/MeOH (95:5) to give 140 mg of the titled compound as a colorless oil.

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