1,10-Phenanthroline → 5-((3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)ethynyl)-2,8-dimethyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole

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2,8-Dimethyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (100 mg, 0.49 mmol) was dissolved in toluene (5 mL), and copper sulfate (24 mg, 0.099 mmol) was added, followed by 1,10-phenanthroline (35 mg, 0.19 mmol), potassium phosphate (0.211 mg, 0.99 mmol) and 4-(bromoethynyl)-2-fluoro-1-methoxybenzene (125 mg, 0.54 mmol), and the mixture flushed with nitrogen. The reaction mixture was heated at 80° C. overnight (16 h). Product was detected by LCMS. The reaction mixture was filtered through Celite, and washed with DCM. The combined organic layer was concentrated under vacuum to obtain product which was purified by column chromatography (60-80% EtOAc in hexane as eluent), and repurified by preparative TLC to obtain product as a brown solid (13 mg). 1H NMR (CDCl3, freebase) δ (ppm): 7.42 (d, 1H), 7.25 (m, 2H), 7.18 (s, 1H), 7.10 (d, 1H), 6.92 (t, 1H), 3.95 (s, 3H), 3.62 (s, 2H), 2.95 (m, 2H), 2.85 (m, 2H), 2.60 (s, 3H), 2.40 (s, 3H).

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