Diisobutylaluminum hydride → (5-Chloro-3-methyl-2-pyridin-3-yl-indol-1-yl)-methanol

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A flask is charged with 2,2-dimethyl-propionic acid 5-chloro-3-methyl-2-pyridin-3-yl-indol-1-ylmethyl ester (Example 65, 0.607 g, 1.684 mmol) and dichloromethane (10 mL) and cooled to −78° C. DIBAL-H (1M in hexane, 4.21 mL, 4.21 mmol) is added and the mixture is stirred at −78° C. for 1 h. The reaction is quenched with MeOH (1 mL) and then washed with saturated aqueous sodium potassium tartrate and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo, to give a residue which is purified by silica gel flash chromatography (heptane-ethyl acetate, 3:7) to afford (5-chloro-3-methyl-2-pyridin-3-yl-indol-1-yl)-methanol as a white color solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, MeOD) δ ppm 2.27 (s, 3H), 5.46 (s, 2H), 7.25 (dd, J=8.6, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.55 (s, 1H), 7.58 (s, 1H), 7.59 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.62-7.67 (m, 1H), 8.08 (dt, J=8.1, 2.0, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.66 (dd, J=4.9, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 8.75 (d, J=1.3 Hz, 1H). HRMS (ESI) m/z 273.0807 [(M+H)+ Calcd for C15H14ClN2O: 273.0795].

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