Aluminium lithium hydride → HCID 21964288, compound

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Reaction Steps

Lithium aluminum hydride (0.244 g, 6.1 mmol) was added portionwise to a stirring solution of ethyl 1-(4-methylbenzyl)-5-[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (2.0 g, 4.4 mmol) in ethyl ether (17 mL) at 0° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere over a period of 5 minutes. The mixture was then warmed up to room temperature. After the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours, the reaction was carefully quenched with water and filtered. The filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic extract was washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated to afford the title compound as a white solid (1.56 g, 86%). Mass spectrum (ESI, [M+H]+) m/z 412. 1HNMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 7.81 (s, 1H), 7.76 (d, 2H, J=6.71 Hz), 7.45-7.35 (m, 4H), 7.08 (d, 2H, J=7.74 Hz), 6.96 (d, 2H, J=8.09 Hz), 6.50 (s, 1H), 5.44 (s, 2H), 5.35 (t, 1H), 4.60 (d, 2H), and 2.23 ppm (t, 3H).

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