Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 59455277, compound

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Reaction Steps

1-(8-Chloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methylpyrido[4,3-b]indol-5-yl)-2-(2-methylpyridin-4-yl)propan-2-ol (150 mg, 0.4 mmol) in DCM (12 mL) and DMF (2 drops) was stirred at 0-10° C. Thionyl chloride (145 mg, 1.2 mmol) diluted in DCM (8 mL) was added dropwise and the RM stirred at RT for 2 h. The solvent was removed and the residue dried to obtain foamy solid. The solid was dissolved in NMP (2 mL), stirred for 5 min. Powdered KOH (141 mg, 2.52 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture, which was heated at 80° C. for 1 h. After completion of reaction, the reaction mixture was poured in water and the compound extracted with DCM (3×50 mL). The organic layer was washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to obtain the crude product which was purified by reverse phase HPLC to obtain 20 mg of 8-chloro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2-methyl-5-((E)-2-(2-methylpyridin-4-yl)prop-1-enyl)-1H-pyrido[4,5-b]indole as the free base. The free base was converted to HCl salt by treating with ethanolic HCl. 1H NMR (CD3OD, Di-HCl salt) δ (ppm): 8.70 (d, 1H), 8.20 (s, 1H), 8.15 (d, 1H), 7.72 (s, 1H), 7.60 (s, 1H), 7.25 (m, 2H), 4.70 (m, 1H), 4.40 (m, 1H), 3.80 (m, 1H), 3.60 (m, 1H), 3.20 (m, 2H), 3.10 (s, 3H), 2.82 (s, 3H), 2.10 (s, 3H).

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