Sodium Iodide → HCID 86699436, compound

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N-((5-Chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-4-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)benzamide was prepared following method B starting from N-((5-Chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-4-(chloromethyl)benzamide (0.080 g, 0.240 mmol), 3,5-difluorophenylboronic acid (0.041 g; 0.252 mmol); Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (0.014 g; 0.012 mmol), sodium carbonate (0.051 g; 0.480 mmol) and sodium iodide (0.109 g; 0.720 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 2 to 20% ethyl acetate in dichloromethane) furnished 0.015 g (15%) of the title compound as a white solid.

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