Methyl iodide → N-[2-(benzylthio)-3,3-dimethoxypropyl]-1-(methoxymethyl)-7-[methyl(pyridin-2-ylsulfonyl)amino]-1H-indole-2-carboxamide

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To a solution of N-[2-(benzylthio)-3,3-dimethoxypropyl]-1-(methoxymethyl)-7-[(pyridin-2-ylsulfonyl)amino]-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (1.52 g) and potassium carbonate (0.54 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (14 mL) was added methyl iodide (0.16 mL) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred from under ice-cooling to room temperature for 18 hr. The reaction solution was ice-cooled, potassium carbonate (0.30 g) and methyl iodide (0.16 mL) were added again, and the mixture was further stirred from under ice-cooling to room temperature for 15 hr. The reaction solution was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with aqueous-citric acid solution, water and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:hexane=4:6-6:4) to give the title compound (1.6 g, yield: 100%) as a colorless oil.

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