Methylamine hydrochloride → HCID 59831817, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a 5° C. stirring suspension of MeNH2.HCl (220 mg, 3.2 mmol) in benzene (3 ml) was added dropwise Me3Al (2 M in toluene, 1.6 ml, 3.2 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes. A solution of 3-(1H-indol-6-yl)-3-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-propionic acid methyl ester XXXIV (480 mg, 1.6 mmol) in benzene (15 ml) was added and the resulting mixture was stirred at reflux for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and additional mixture of MeNH2.HCl (110 mg, 1.6 mmol) in benzene (1.5 ml) and Me3Al (2M in toluene, 0.8 ml, 1.6 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was stirred at reflux for 1.5 hours, cooled to room temperature, and the reaction was quenched by slow addition of HCl (1M, 35 ml). The mixture was stirred vigorously for 5 minutes and extracted with EtOAc (50 ml). The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered, concentrated and purified via flash chromatography (hexane/EtOAc) to provide 3-(1H-indol-6-yl)-3-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-N-methyl-propionamide XXXV (390 mg, 81% yield) as a white solid.

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