5-[(2,4-Dichlorophenyl){5-fluoro-7-[(methylsulfanyl)methyl]-1H-indol-3-yl}methyl]-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione → Ethyl 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-{5-fluoro-7-[(methylsulfanyl)methyl]-1H-indol-3-yl}propanoate

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2.8 mg (0.05 mmol) of copper powder were added to 3.10 g of the compound from Example 18A with a purity of 68% (4.23 mmol) in 34 ml of pyridine and 8 ml of ethanol. The reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 1 h. It was concentrated, and the crude product was purified by preparative HPLC (RP18 column; mobile phase: acetonitrile/water gradient) to result in 1.52 g (82% of theory) of the title compound.

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