Cesium carbonate → (4-Benzenesulfonyl-piperazin-1-yl)-[1-isopropyl-5-(4-isopropyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-1H-indol-2-yl]-methanone

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A suspension of 0.20 g (0.38 mmol) (4-benzenesulfonyl-piperazin-1-yl)-[5-(4-isopropyl-piperazine-1-carbonyl)-1H-indol-2-yl]-methanone (example 13), 0.25 g (0.77 mmol) caesium carbonate and isopropyl methanesulfonate in 4 mL acetonitrile was heated 16 h under reflux. After cooling to room temperature, the mixture was poured into saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and the phases were separated. The aqueous phase was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel with dichloromethane:methanol (19:1 v/v) as eluant to afford 0.85 g (39%) of the desired compound as a light brown foam. MS (ISP): 566.4 (M+H)+.

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