Sodium Carbonate → Methyl 2-(2-(benzyloxy)pyridin-3-yl)-3-cyclohexyl-1H-indole-6-carboxylate

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2M Na2CO3 (1.25 mL, 2.5 mmol) aqueous solution was added to a suspension of methyl 3-cyclohexyl-2-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-1H-indole-6-carboxylate (383 mg, 1.0 mmol), 2-(benzyloxy)-3-bromopyridine (317 mg, 1.2 mmol) and LiCl (84.8 mg, 2.0 mmol), in ethanol (3 mL) and toluene (3 mL). The mixture was degassed by evacuating the reaction flask and then flushing with N2. Pd(PPh3)4 (58 mg, 0.05 mmol) was then added, and the reaction mixture was heated at 80° C. for 6 hr. The reaction mixture was then filtered and concentrated in vacuo, and the resultant residue was purified by silica gel flash chromotagraphy using hexanes to 50% ethyl acetate in hexanes as eluent to afford the title compound as a yellowish solid, (310 mg, 70% yield). MS m/z 441(MH+); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 1.32-1.46 (m, 3 H) 1.78-1.93 (m, 5 H) 2.05-2.16 (m, 2 H) 2.96 (m, 1H) 3.92 (s, 3 H) 5.25 (s, 2 H) 6.39 (t, J=6.87 Hz, 1 H) 7.31-7.41 (m, 6 H) 7.60 (dd, J=7.17, 1.98 Hz, 1 H) 7.71 (d, J=8.55 Hz, 1 H) 7.84 (d, J=8.55 Hz, 1 H) 8.07 (s, 1 H) 10.32 (s, 1 H).

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