Potassium Carbonate → 1-[2-(5-hydroxy-5-trifluoromethyl-5-H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridin-3-yloxy)-ethyl]-pyrrolidin-2-one

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3-[2-(2-oxo-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-ethoxy]-indeno[1,2-b]pyridin-5-one (0.0376 g) and potassium carbonate (0.001 g) were mixed with dimethylformamide (1.0 ml), and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. To this mixture was added trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane (0.035 ml), and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hr. Trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)silane (0.018 ml) was further added, and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hr. To the reaction mixture was added acetic acid (0.010 ml), then a 1M solution (0.12 ml) of tetrabutylammonium fluoride in tetrahydrofuran was added, and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min. To the reaction mixture was added ethyl acetate (20 ml), and the mixture was placed in a separatory funnel. The organic layer was washed 3 times with water (10 ml) and once with saturated brine (10 ml). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by preparative thin layer chromatography (silica gel, eluent: n-hexane/ethyl acetate=7/3) to give the title compound (0.0389 g, 68%).

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