N-Methylethylenediamine → 2-(3-Bromo-2-methylphenyl)-9-((2-(trimethylsilyl)ethoxy)methyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-one

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A 100-mL single-neck round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer and nitrogen inlet was charged with 117a (400 mg, 1.27 mmol), 2,6-dibromotoluene (633 mg, 2.53 mmol), cesium carbonate (828 mg, 2.54 mmol), N-methylethylenediamine (112 mg, 1.27 mmol) and 1,4-dioxane (20 mL). After bubbling nitrogen through the resulting suspension for 30 min, copper iodide (121 mg, 2.54 mmol) was added. A reflux condenser was attached to the flask, and the reaction mixture was heated at 100° C. for 16 h. After this time, the mixture was cooled to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was purified by flash column to afford 117b in 41% yield (251 mg) as a yellow oil: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) d 7.71 (d, 1H, J=8.0 Hz), 7.68 (d, 1H, J=8.0 Hz), 7.63 (d, 1H, J=8.0 Hz), 7.47 (t, 1H, J=8.0 Hz), 7.32-7.28 (m, 2H), 7.21 (t, 1H, J=8.0 Hz), 6.13 (s, 2H), 4.15 (m, 1H), 3.93 (m, 1H), 3.69 (m, 2H), 3.29 (m, 2H), 2.45 (s, 3H), 0.95 (t, 2H, J=8.0 Hz), −0.07 (s, 9H).

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