Water → HCID 86583642, compound

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5-Bromo-3-cyanomethyl-indole-N-acetic acid, ethyl ester (1.0 g, 3.1 mmol) and phenylboronic acid (0.418 g, 3.4 mmol) were dissolved in anhydrous DME at room temperature under a nitrogen atmsophere and treated with Pd(OAc)2 (2.1 mg, 0.0093 mmol) and PPh3 (7.4 mg, 0.028 mmol). This mixture was heated to reflux and 2 M Na2CO3 (3.11 mL, 6.2 mmol) was added via syringe. After 12 h, the mixture was cooled to room temperature and added to H2O (50 mL). The resultant mixture was extracted with EtOAc (2×, 100 mL) and the organics were combined and washed with a sat'd aqueous NaCl solution, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by SiO2 flash chromatography (heptane to 1:1 heptane/EtOAc) to give the desired material as a white solid (445 mg, 45%); 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz) δ 7.64-7.74 (m, 4H), 7.39-7.44 (m, 4H), 7.29-7.34 (m, 1H), 5.20 (s, 2H), 4.15 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 4.08 (s, 2H), 1.20 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H).

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