Sodium hydride → HCID 14882547, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium hydride (0.15 g of a 60% dispersion in mineral oil) was added to a stirred solution of E,E-3,6-di(3-oxo-3-pyrrolidino-1-propenyl)indole (0.97 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (30 ml) cooled in an ice bath. After approximately 1 hr a solution of methyl-4-bromomethyl-3-methoxybenzoate (0.74 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 ml) was added dropwise, the cooling bath was removed, and the mixture stirred for hr. The mixture was added slowly to vigorously stirred 1M hydrochloric acid (300 ml); the precipitate was isolated by filtration, washed with water and dried. The solid obtained was recrystallized from ethyl acetate to give methyl E,E-4-[3,6-di(3-oxo-3-pyrrolidino-1-propenyl)indol-1-ylmethyl]-3-methoxybenzoate (1.1 g, 76%) as an off-white powder; mp 226°-228°; partial NMR (250 MHz, DMSO-d6): 1.70°-2.0(m, 8H, pyrrolidino H), 3.40(m, 4H, pyrrolidino H), 3.65(m, 4H, pyrrolidino H), 3.83(s, 3H, OCH3), 3.95(s, 3H, OCH3), 5.50(s, 2H, NCH2Ar), 6.75(d, J=15.5 Hz, 1H, olefinic H), 7.0(m, 2H, olefinic H, and ArH).

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