Ethyl bromoacetate → HCID 22396677, compound

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Sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 0.34 g, 8.5 mmol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl 8,9-dichloro-1,4,5,6-tetrahydroazepino[4,5-b]indole-3(2H)-carboxylate (2.00 g, 5.63 mmol) in DMF (30 mL). After 20 min, ethyl bromoacetate (1.25 mL, 11.3 mmol) was added. The reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl after 4 h and extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, decanted, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography with heptane/EtOAc (3:1) to give 2.10 g (84%) of a pale yellow solid: mp 137.5-139.5° C.; IR (diffuse reflectance) 2985, 1742, 1687, 1473, 1411, 1377, 1367, 1341, 1318, 1249, 1218, 1193, 1167, 1118, 922 cm−1; MS (CI) m/z 441 (M+H+), 404, 402, 387, 385, 343, 341, 339, 307, 52, 51; Anal. Calcd for C21H26Cl2N2O4: C, 57.15; H, 5.94; N, 6.35; found: C, 57.13; H, 6.05; N, 6.24.

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