Cesium carbonate → HCID 44624002, compound

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Ethyl 2-(7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl)acetate (0.100 g, 0.386 mmol) and cesium carbonate (0.138 g, 0.424 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (1.0 mL), stirred at room temperature for 10 min, followed by addition of 5-(chloromethyl)-2-(trifluoromethoxy)benzonitrile (0.100 g, 0.424 mmol) in DMF (0.300 mL) at 0° C. This mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with water and extracted with ethylacetate (2×50 mL). The organic phase was washed with brine and concentrated. The residue was taken up in dioxane (4 mL) before aqueous 1 N LiOH (1.3 mL) was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2.5 h before it was quenched with water and acidified to pH 3 using aqueous 3 N HCl. The mixture was purified by HPLC to give the title compound (0.040 g). LCMS m/z=431.2 [M+H]+, 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 2.00-2.20 (m, 1H), 2.01-2.21 (m, 1H), 2.23-2.43 (m, 1H), 2.55-2.83 (m, 4H), 3.33-3.57 (m, 1H), 5.16 (s, 2H), 6.73 (dd, J=8.83, 2.52 Hz, 1H), 6.94 (s, 1H), 7.21 (d, J=8.83 Hz, 1H), 7.69 (dd, J=8.67, 1.42 Hz, 1H), 7.94 (dd, J=8.67, 2.05 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (s, 1H), 10.40 (s, 1H).

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