Dimethyl Sulfone → 1-[1-(3-amino-3-methyl-butyl)-1H-indol-5-yl]-2-methanesulphonyl-ethanone

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Potassium tert. butoxide (741 mg, 6.62 mmol) is added in two batches to a solution of dimethylsulphone (661 mg, 7.03 mmol) in 5 ml DMSO. After 10 minutes stirring at RT a solution of methyl 1-(3-amino-3-methyl-butyl)-indole-5-carboxylate (Component IV) (520 mg, 2.00 mmol) in 2 ml DMSO is added dropwise over 10 minutes. The reaction mixture is stirred for 16 hours at 70° C., acidified with TFA while cooling with ice and chromatographed on Microsorb C18-reverse-phase [acetonitrile (0.1% TFA)/water (0.13% TFA)=10:90→100:0]. Then the residue is chromatographed again on silica gel (DCM/methanol/ammonia=90:9:1).

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