Sodium Iodide → HCID 86699408, compound

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N-(2-(5-Chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl)-4-(2-cyanobenzyl)benzamide was prepared according to method B with N-(2-(5-chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl)-4-(chloromethyl)benzamide (0.075 g; 0.216 mmol), 2-cyanophenylboronic acid (0.034 g; 0.229 mmol), tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.013 g; 0.011 mmol), sodium carbonate (0.046 g; 0.432 mmol), sodium iodide (0.067 g; 0.450 mmol), in dimethoxyethane (3 mL) and water (1 mL), irradiated in a microwave oven at 130° C. for 15 minutes. Flash chromatography on silica gel (eluent 1 to 10% ethyl acetate in dichloromethane) furnished 0.052 g (56%) of the title compound as a white solid.

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