Water → (R)-(Z)-1,3-Dihydro-5-fluoro-3-[(3-methoxy-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methylene]-4-[(pyrrolidin-2-yl)ethynyl]-2 H-indol-2-one

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Using Method C above, (R)-N-Boc-2-ethynyl-pyrrolidine (100 mg, 0.52 mmol) (Example 89B) was coupled with (Z)-1,3-dihydro-5-fluoro-4-iodo-3-[(3-methoxy-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methylene]-2H-indol-2-one (50 mg, 0.13 mmol) (Starting Material 6) using (Ph3P)4Pd (15 mg, 0.01 mmol) and a catalytic amount of CuI (2 mg) in a mixture of DMF (4 mL) and Et3N (4 mL) as solvent at 80° C. for 6 hrs. Upon completion, the reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc and extracted with H2O. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, concentrated and the residue was chromatographed on a silica gel column with a 40-70% EtOAc in hexanes gradient. The intermediate that was obtained from this operation was directly dissolved at 0° C., in 5 mL of a solution of 50% trifluoroacetic acid in CH2Cl2 that contained 0.3 mL of H2O and stirred for 2 hrs. Upon completion, the reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc and extracted with ammonium hydroxide. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. (R)-(Z)-1,3-Dihydro-5-fluoro-3-[(3-methoxy-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methylene]-4-[(pyrrolidin-2-yl)ethynyl]-2H-indol-2-one was obtained after reverse phase column chromatography with 0-90% MeOH in H2O gradient, a silica gel column chromatography with neat THF and a precipitation out of THF with excess of hexanes. (Yield 14 mg, 31%).

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