Dimethylformamide → (E)-2,8-dimethyl-5-(2-(pyridin-4-yl)prop-1-enyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole

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1-(1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-2,8-dimethylpyrido[4,3-b]indol-5-yl)-2-(pyridin-4-yl)propan-2-ol (6 g, 17.91 mmol) was dissolved in DCM (75 mL). DMF (1 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. Thionyl chloride (3.89 mL, 53.73 mmol) was diluted with DCM (75 mL) and added to the above reaction mixture dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred at RT for 3 h. Progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC (10% MeOH-DCM). Upon completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness and the residue was basified with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 with cooling. The product was extracted with EtOAc, the organic layer was washed with water; dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (100-200 mesh) eluting with 2% MeOH-DCM to obtain 1.7 g of product as the free base. 1HNMR (DMSO, Oxalate salt) δ (ppm): 8.70 (s, 1H), 7.69 (d, 2H), 7.46 (m, 1H), 7.31 (s, 1H), 7.13 (d, 1H), 7.06 (m, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H), 3.70 (m, 2H), 3.10 (m, 2H), 3.0 (s, 3H), 2.66 (m, 1H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 2.20 (m, 2H), 1.90 (m, 2H).

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