N,N-dimethyl-4-(5-nitro-1H-indol-3-yl)cyclohex-3-enamine → N-(3-(4-(Dimethylamino)cyclohexyl)-1H-indol-5-yl)thiophene-2-carboximidamide

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A solution of compound 112 (0.43 g, 1.506 mmol) in dry ethanol (5 mL) was treated with 10% Pd—C (0.04 g) and purged with hydrogen gas at room temperature. The reaction was stirred at the same temperature under a hydrogen atmosphere (balloon pressure) overnight (14 h). The reaction was filtered through a celite bed and washed with dry ethanol (2 5 mL). The combined ethanol layer was treated with thiophene-2-carboximidothioic acid methyl ester hydroiodide (0.85 g, 3.013 mmol) at room temperature and stirred for 24 h. The solvent was evaporated and crude material was diluted with sat. NaHCO3 solution (20 mL) and product was extracted into CH2Cl2 (2 25 mL). The combined CH2Cl2 layer was washed with brine (20 mL) and dried (Na2SO4). The solvent was evaporated and crude was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (2 M NH3 in methanol: CH2Cl2, 1:9) to obtain compound 116 (0.4 g, 72%, over two steps) as a yellow solid. mp 104-106° C.; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ: 1.39-1.60 (m, 3H), 1.66-1.72 (m, 1H), 1.82-1.94 (m, 3H), 2.05-2.08 (m, 1H), 2.23 (s, 3H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 2.64-2.71 (m, 1H), 2.91-2.96 (m, 1H), 6.48 (brs, 1H), 6.64 (dd, 1H, J=1.5, 8.4 Hz), 6.99-7.05 (m, 2H), 7.10 (t, 1H, J=4.2 Hz), 7.27 (d, 1H, J=8.4 Hz), 7.60 (d, 1H, J=5.4 Hz), 7.71 (d, 1H, J=3.3 Hz), 10.57 (s, 1H); ESI-MS i/z (%): 367 (MH+, 31), 322 (18), 184 (100); ESI-HRMS calculated for C21H27N4S (MH+), Calculated: 367.1965; Observed: 367.1950.

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