Isobutylamine → HCID 178494565, compound

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Reaction Steps

627 mg of 6-amino-4-methoxymethyl-β-carboline-3-carboxylic acid isopropyl ester is stirred in 10 ml of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether with 1.6 g of manganese dioxide and 0.98 ml of isobutylamine for 16 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture is filtered on Celite, the filtrate is concentrated by evaporation and chromatographed on silica gel with methylene chloride and ethanol=10+1. 499 mg of 2-isopropyl-10-methoxymethyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-g]-β-carboline-9-carboxylic acid isopropyl ester (oily) is obtained from the desired fractions.

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