Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 10641825, compound

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To a solution of 1.085 g (5.07 mmole) of the product from Example 64 (part B) and 0.80 mL (0.797 g; 6.03 mmole) of acetoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal in 20 mL of ethanol was added 0.10 mL of conc. hydrochloric acid. The mixture was refluxed for 16 hours, then cooled and evaporated to give a dark, thick oil. TLC on silica gel with 70:30 hexane-ethyl acetate showed two major spots at Rf 0.47 and 0.41. The oil was dissolved in ethyl acetate, 20 mL silica gel powder was added, and the mixture was evaporated to dryness. The powdery residue was loaded on top of a column of 60 mL of silica gel in hexane. The column was eluted in step gradients of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25% ethyl acetate in hexane. The first fraction to elute was 0.32 g of the desired 1-(2-bromo-4-isopropyl-phenyl)-3-cyano-6-methyl-7-azaindole. Rf 0.47. The material can be crystallized from hexane to give 176 mg of crystals; mp 176.0° C. Mass spec. (m+H)+ =354.0595; calcd., 354.0606.

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