Isopropanol → AZD 1080

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To a solution of 1,2-Dihydroxy-3-(5-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-pyridin-2-yl)-1H-indole-5-carbonitrile (1.0 g, 94% pure, 10.73 mmol) in acetic acid (60 ml) at 60° C. was added iron powder (1.8 g, 32.19 mmol) and the resulting dark green solution stirred at 60° C. for 3 hrs. The suspension was removed from the oil bath and cooled to room temperature. Celite® (10 g) was added and the mixture concentrated to dryness. The mixture was then purified by silica column chromatography eluting with dichloromethane/methanol (1% ammonium hydroxide) 5:1 to give an orange solid; which was reslurried with isopropanol, filtered and then washed with isopropanol. After drying at 50° C. under vacuum gave, 2.89 g, 81% yield of 2-Hydroxy-3-[5-(morpholin-4-ylmethyl)pyridin-2-yl]1H-indole-5-carbonitrile as a yellow powder. 1H NMR (400 MHz; CDCl3,): δ 14.76 (br s, 1H), 10.9 (s, 1H), 8.07 (s, 1H), 7.88 (s, 1H), 7.77 (m, 2H), 7.26 (dd, J=1.08, 7.97 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 3.55 (m, 4H), 3.35 (s, 2H), 2.35 (br s, 4H); 13C NMR: (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 169.2, 148.9, 142.5, 1367.5, 136.4, 125.7, 124.5, 122.8, 121.8, 121.5, 119.3, 118.8, 101.8, 84.9, 66.6, 58.8, 53.3 ppm; MS (ESI) m/z [M+1]+ 335.

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