Aluminium lithium hydride → [3-(7-Methoxy-1H-Indol-4-yl)-3-phenyl-propyl]-methyl-amine

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To a 0° C. solution of 3-(7-methoxy-1H-Indol-4-yl)-N-methyl-3-phenyl-propionamide LV (0.315 mmol) in THF (3 ml) was added a suspension of LiAlH4 (46.6 mg, 1.26 mmol) in THF (4 ml). The resulting mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 5 minutes, at reflux for 5 hours, then cooled to room temperature, and additional suspension of LiAlH4 (46.6 mg, 1.26 mmol) in THF (4 ml) was added. The reaction was refluxed for additional 45 minutes, cooled to 0° C. and freshly ground Na2SO4.10H2O (1 g) was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature over the weekend. The solid was filtered and washed with EtOAc. The filtrate was concentrated and purified via flash chromatography (DCM/MeOH/NH4OH) to provide the amine compound LVI as a yellow film (37 mg). The free amine was dissolved in Et2O (3 ml), cooled to 0° C., and HCl (1 M in Et2O, 126 μl) was added. The precipitate was filtered affording the hydrochloride salt of [3-(7-Methoxy-1H-Indol-4-yl)-3-phenyl-propyl]-methyl-amine LVI as an off-white hygroscopic powder. MS (M+H)=295.

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