Sodium hydride → (Z)-3-[3,5-dimethoxy-4-(2-methoxy-ethoxymethoxy)-phenyl]-2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-acrylonitrile

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To a suspension of NaH (60 mg, 80%, 2.5 mmol, 1.7 eq.) in DMSO (5 mL) was added, under an argon atmosphere, a solution of (5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-acetonitrile (331 mg, 1.8 mmol, 1.2 eq.) and 3,5-dimethoxy-4-(2-methoxy-ethoxymethoxy)-benzaldehyde (400 mg, 1.5 mmol, 1.0 eq.) in a mixture of DMSO (7 mL) and tert-butyl methyl ether (7 mL). The reaction apparatus was protected from light and the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 hours, and then treated with brine (10 mL). The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×30 mL), and the organic layer was washed with water and saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, and then dried over MgSO4. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue purified by silica gel flash-column chromatography (eluent: heptane/AcOEt, 70:30 to 50:50) to afford (Z)-3-[3,5-dimethoxy-4-(2-methoxy-ethoxymethoxy)-phenyl]-2-(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)-acrylonitrile as a yellow oil (100 mg) used in the next synthetic step without further purification.

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