methyl (2E)-3-(4-formylphenyl)prop-2-enoate → HCID 117719352, compound

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(R)—N-(1-(1H-indol-3-yl)propan-2-yl)-2-fluoro-2-methylpropan-1-amine (obtained as described in Example 1, preparation of starting materials) (450 mg, 1.81 mmol) and (E)-methyl 3-(4-formylphenyl)acrylate (345 mg, 1.81 mmol) were dissolved in toluene (15 ml) acetic acid (5 ml) and molecular sieves were added. The reaction was stirred at 110° C. for 16 hours under nitrogen then cooled to room temperature. The crude product was purified by ion exchange chromatography, using an SCX-2 column. The desired product was eluted from the column using 7M NH3/methanol and pure fractions were evaporated to dryness to afford crude product. The crude product was purified by flash silica chromatography, elution gradient 0 to 30% EtOAc in heptane. Pure fractions were evaporated to dryness to afford (E)-methyl 3-(4-((1R,3R)-2-(2-fluoro-2-methylpropyl)-3-methyl-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl)phenyl)acrylate (317 mg, 41.6%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 30° C.) δ 1.09 (3H, d), 1.30 (3H, d), 1.47 (3H, d), 2.48-2.78 (4H, m), 3.30 (1H, m), 3.79 (3H, s) 5.09 (1H, s) 6.40 (1H, d), 7.12 (1H, td), 7.17 (1H, td), 7.29 (1H, d), 7.34 (2H, d), 7.43 (2H, d), 7.54 (1H, d), 7.66 (2H, nm). m/z: ES+ [M+H]+ 421.

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