Potassium Carbonate → (S)-4-chloro-1-(3-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-yl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile

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A mixture of 2-chloro-4-fluoro-3-((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)benzonitrile, (0.229 g, 0.91 mmol), (S)-3-amino-2-methylbutan-2-ol (Example 21E) (0.113 g, 1.092 mmol), and K2CO3 (0.252 g, 1.820 mmol) in anhyd NMP (3 mL) was stirred in a heating block at 60° C. under N2 for 2 h. CuI (0.017 g; 0.091 mmol) was added and the mixture was subjected to microwave heating (140° C.) for 30 min. The reaction mixture was poured into EtOAc/water and the whole was filtered through a pad of Celite. Layers of the filtrate were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (×2). Combined organics were filtered (Whatman #2), washed (water, brine), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by low pressure liquid chromatography (silica gel, EtOAc/hexanes, gradient elution) affording (S)-4-chloro-1-(3-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-yl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile (0.148 g, 62% yield) as a pale yellow solid: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.50 (d, 1H), 7.42-7.39 (m, 1H), 7.39-7.34 (m, 1H), 6.74 (d, J=3.3 Hz, 1H), 4.41 (q, J=7.0 Hz, 1H), 1.60 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.41 (s, 1H), 1.33 (s, 3H), 1.09 (s, 3H); MS (LCMS ES+) m/z 263 ([M+H]+, 88%), 304 ({[M+H]+MeCN}+, 100%).

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