Indole-5-carbonitrile, 3-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)- → 2-(5-(Aminomethyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)-N,N-dimethylethanamine

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Lithium aluminium hydride (40.0 mg, 1.055 mmol, 1.5 equivalents) was placed in an argon purged oven dried flask fitted with a stirbar and condenser. Anhydrous diethylether (5 mL) was added and stirring begun. 3-(2-Dimethylamino-ethyl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile (57) (150.0 mg, 0.703 mmol, 1.0 equivalent) was dissolved in a separate dry flask in a mixture of anhydrous diethylether (5 mL) and anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) and this solution added dropwise to the solution of lithium aluminium hydride and the resulting mixture heated to reflux. After 30 minutes the reaction was cooled to room temperature and quenched with distilled water (50 μL), aqueous 3N sodium hydroxide solution (75 μL) and distilled water (150 μL) sequentially. The solution was filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified via silica gel column chromatography (10-15-20% 2M NH3 in methanol/90-85-80% dichloromethane) to provide 245-(aminomethyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)-N,N-dimethylethanamine (58) as a pale yellow residue (73 mg, 47.8% yield). 1H NMR (DMSO) δ: 2.21 (s, 6H), 2.53 (m, 2 H), 2.78 (t, 2H), 3.79 (s, 2H), 7.02-7.05 (d, 1H), 7.09 (s, 1H), 7.24 (d, 1H), 7.44 (s, 1H), 10.66 (br s, 1H). MS: 218 (M+1), 201 (M+1-NH3).

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