Iodine → HCID 49779307, compound

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Activated magnesium turnings (480 mg, 20 g/atom) and 2-3 crystals of iodine were stirred under anhydrous conditions. The excess of iodine was removed by heating with a heat gun. The magnesium turnings were now yellow in color. To this was added diethyl ether (15 mL) at 0° C. and stirred for 15 min. (until the color of the magnesium becomes white). To this was added cyclohexyl bromide (2.5 mL, 20 mmol) dropwise with constant stirring. The reaction mixture was stirred until a dark grey-colored solution was obtained. Into a separate flask was placed 2-(2,8-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indol-5(2H)-yl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethanone (168 mg, 5 mmol) in THF under anhydrous conditions. The solution of the prepared cyclohexylmagnesium bromide (5 mL) was added dropwise. After addition, the mixture was allowed to come to RT and stirred at RT for 2 h. The reaction was monitored by TLC and NMR. The reaction was quenched with ice water and the product extracted into EtOAc. The organic extracts were concentrated and the residue purified by silica gel column chromatography (#100-200 mesh) using 0-3% MeOH:DCM as eluent. The compound was further purified by HPLC. 1H NMR (CD3OD, TFA salt) δ (ppm): 7.25 (m, 2H), 7.10 (d, 1H), 6.92 (m, 1H), 6.80 (m, 3H), 4.60 (m, 1H), 4.65 (m, 1H), 4.22 (m, 2H), 3.70 (m, 1H), 3.40 (m, 1H), 3.20 (m, 2H), 3.0 (s, 3H), 2.70 (m, 1H), 2.38 (s, 3H), 2.20 (m, 2H), 1.80 (m, 2H), 1.70 (m, 3H), 1.50-1.20 (m, 4H).

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