Sodium hydride → HCID 66898647, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred suspension of (R)-(+)-3-aminoquinuclidine (1.4 g, 7.0 mmol) in methylene chloride (50 mL) was added sodium hydride (562 mg, 14.0 mmol) in portions and the mixture was stirred for 1 h. Acetic acid (0.6 mL) was added dropwise, followed by methyl 1-(2-oxoethyl)-1H-indole-7-carboxylate (1.3 g, 5.9 mmol) from Step B above and the mixture continued to stir at room temperature for 2 h. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (4.2 g, 19.6 mmol) was added in one portion and stirring was continued overnight at room temperature. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the crude material was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, 90:10:1 methylene chloride/methanol/concentrated ammonium hydroxide) to afford (R)-methyl 1-(2-(quinuclidin-3-ylamino)ethyl)-1H-indole-7-carboxylate (1.64 g, 86%) as a brown solid: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CD3OD) δ 7.77 (d, J=4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.62 (d, J=3.8 Hz 1H), 7.30 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.08 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.58 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 4.50 (t, J=6.5 Hz, 2H), 3.96 (s, 3H), 3.35 (s, 2H), 3.00-2.97 (m, 1H), 2.85-2.58 (m, 7H), 2.21-2.17 (m, 1H), 1.70-1.56 (m, 3H), 1.44-1.42 (m, 1H), 1.27-1.25 (m, 1H); MS (ESI+) m/z 328 (M+H).

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