Benzyl Bromide → HCID 57015605, compound

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71 mg of 2-(2,3,4,9-tetrahydrothiopyrano[2,3-b]indol-2-yl)methyl-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazoline (prepared as described in Example 80) in 1 ml of dimethylformamide was added to a suspension of 11 mg of sodium hydride (55% w/w dispersion in mineral oil) in 1 ml of dimethylformamide, with stirring and ice-cooling. Stirring was continued at this temperature for 30 minutes and then 0.03 ml of benzyl bromide was added to the reaction mixture, with stirring and ice-cooling. Stirring was continued for a further hour. At the end of this time, the reaction mixture was diluted with water and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate fraction was then washed with water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was then removed by evaporation under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography, using a mixture of 20% v/v ethyl acetate in hexane as the eluent, to afford 71 mg of the title compound as an oil.

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