Tetrahydrofuran → 3-[1-methyl-3-[1-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2-yl]-1H-indol-5-yloxy}-propan-2-ol

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A solution of 2-(5-allyloxy-1-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-1-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine [91 mg, Reference Example 15(a)] in dry tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) was treated with a solution of borane-tetrahydrofuran complex in tetrahydrofuran(1200 μl, 1.0M). After stirring at ambient temperature for 7 hours the reaction mixture was treated with ethanol (9 drops), 5N potassium hydroxide (4 drops) and hydrogen peroxide (6 drops) and stirring was continued for 12 hours during which time a white solid was precipitated. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (50 mL) and the pH of this mixture was adjusted to 10 by addition of potassium hydroxide solution (1M) before exhaustively extracting with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate then evaporated. The residue was subjected to flash column chromatography on silica eluting with a mixture of ethyl acetate and pentane (2:1, v/v) to give 3-{1-methyl-3-[1-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2-yl]-1H-indol-5-yloxy}-propan-1-ol (50 mg) as a colourless solid [TLC: RF=0.15 (ethyl acetate). MS: 476(MH+)] and 3-{1-methyl-3-[1-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2-yl]-1H-indol-5-yloxy}-propan-2-ol (8 mg) as a colourless solid. [TLC: RF=0.3 (ethyl acetate); MS: 476(MH+)].

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