Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 22561761, compound

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Reaction Steps

4-(4,4,5,5-Tetramethyl-[1,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-1H-indole 3b (1.22 g, 5 mmol) was dissolved in 20 mL of tetrahydrofuran under stirring under an argon atmosphere, and 1-bromo-2,3-difluoro-benzene (0.97 g, 5 mmol), tetrakis (triphenylphosphine) palladium (0.17 g, 0.15 mmol) and 7 mL of sodium hydroxide solution (2M) were then added to the solution. Upon completion of the addition, the reaction system was stirred at 75° C. in an oil bath overnight. The reaction was completed until TLC showed the disappearance of starting materials. The reaction mixture was naturally cooled down to room temperature and extracted with ethyl acetate (20 mL ×3). The combined organic extracts were washed with saturated brine (10 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered to remove the drying agent and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting solid was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give the title compound 4-(2,3-difluoro-phenyl)-1H-indole 3c (800 mg, yield 70%) as a white solid.

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