Sodium hydride → HCID 22396610, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 51 mg, 1.3 mmol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl 7,8-dichloro-1,4,5,6-tetrahydroazepino[4,5-b]indole-3(2H)-carboxylate (0.30 g, 0.84 mmol) in DMF (5 mL). After 30 min, β-bromophenetole was added (0.31 mL). The reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl after 18 h and extracted with EtOAc (3×15 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, decanted, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (Biotage, 40S) with heptane/EtOAc (17:3) to give 0.22 g (55%) of a white solid: mp 138.4-139.7° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 6.92 (m, 1H), 6.79 (m, 2H), 4.90 (m, 2H), 4.27 (m, 2H), 3.80 (m, 2H), 3.66 (m, 2H), 3.17 (m, 2H), 2.93 (m, 2H), 1.49 (s, 9H); IR (diffuse reflectance) 2979, 1687, 1467, 1443, 1416, 1365, 1253, 1239, 1223, 1172, 1165, 1156, 923, 808, 760 cm−1; MS (EI) m/z 474 (M+), 420, 418, 332, 86, 84, 57, 56, 55, 51; Anal. Calcd for C25H28Cl2N2O3: C, 63.16; H, 5.94; N, 5.89; found: C, 63.15; H, 6.00; N, 5.89.

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