Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → methyl 8-chloro-7-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-4-carboxylate

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A vial containing dicyclohexyl(2′,6′-dimethoxybiphenyl-2-yl)phosphine (6 mg, 0.015 mmol), 4-methoxyphenylboronic acid (14 mg, 0.093 mmol), methyl 2-bromo-8-chloro-7-methoxy-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-4-carboxylate (29 mg, 0.077 mmol), palladium(II) acetate (1.7 mg, 7.7 μmol), and potassium phosphate tribasic (49.1 mg, 0.231 mmol) was flushed with nitrogen. Tetrahydrofuran (1 mL) was added and the reaction was heated at 80° C. overnight. The reaction was partitioned between EtOAc and water. The organic phase was separated, washed with brine, dried with sodium sulfate, and the solvents removed. Radial silica gel chromatography (elution with DCM) afforded methyl 8-chloro-7-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5H-pyrido[3,2-b]indole-4-carboxylate (29 mg). MS (ESI) m/z 397.0 (M+H). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ ppm 9.31 (1H, s), 8.31 (1H, s), 8.00-8.12 (3H, m), 6.99-7.07 (2H, m), 6.90 (1H, s), 4.03 (3H, s), 3.96 (3H, s), 3.88 (3H, s).

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