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

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A mixture of 2-chloro-4-fluoro-3-((trimethylsilyl)ethynyl)benzonitrile (Example 32B) (0.163 g, 0.647 mmol), 3-amino-2-methylpentan-2-ol (0.091 g, 0.776 mmol), and K2CO3 (0.179 g, 1.294 mmol) in anhyd NMP (3 mL) was stirred in a heating block at 60° C. under N2. After 18 h, the mixture was subjected to microwave heating (140° C.) for 15 min. Upon cooling the mixture was poured into water and extracted with EtOAc (×3). Combined organics were 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 4-chloro-1-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpentan-3-yl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile (0.0761 g, 43% yield) as a yellow gum: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.48 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.35 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 6.77 (d, J=3.3 Hz, 1H), 4.07 (dd, J=11.6, 3.6 Hz, 1H), 2.09 (m, J=3.6 Hz, 2H), 1.44 (s, 1H), 1.35 (s, 3H), 1.08 (s, 3H), 0.65 (t, J=7.3 Hz, 3H); MS (LCMS ES+) m/z 277 ([M+H]+, 70%), 318 ({[M+H]+MeCN}+, 100%).

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