Reaction Steps
Sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 51 mg, 1.3 mmol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl 7,10-dichloro-1,4,5,6-tetrahydroazepino[4,5-b]indole-3(2H)-carboxylate (0.30 g, 0.84 mmol) in DMF (5 mL). After 25 min, β-bromophenetole was added (0.23 mL). The reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl after 18 h and extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, decanted, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (Biotage, 40S) with heptane/EtOAc (9:1) to give 0.32 g (79%) of a white solid: mp 131.5-133.0° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 6.96 (m, 3H), 6.81 (m, 2H), 4.92 (t, J=4.9 Hz, 2H), 4.27 (m, 2H), 3.80 (m, 2H), 3.67 (m, 2H), 3.52 (m, 2H), 3.18 (m, 2H), 1.49 (s, 9H); IR (diffuse reflectance) 1686, 1498, 1474, 1404, 1366, 1350, 1318, 1295, 1248, 1227, 1221, 1167, 1116, 788, 757 cm−1; MS (EI) m/z 474 (M+), 418, 376, 374, 339, 334, 332, 77, 57, 56, 55; Anal. Calcd for C25H28Cl2N2O3: C, 63.16; H, 5.94; N, 5.89; found: C, 63.13; H, 6.00; N, 5.89.
