Trifluoroacetic acid → 2-[(4-Chloro-2-fluorophenyl){7-[(methylsulfonyl)methyl]-1H-indol-3-yl}methyl]cyclopropane-carbonitrile

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1.76 g (7.98 mmol) of indium(III) chloride and 0.92 ml (12.0 mmol) of trifluoroacetic acid were added to 1.50 g (6.65 mmol) of the compound from Example 165A and 1.67 g (7.98 mmol) of the compound from Example 86A under argon in 69 ml of dichloromethane, and the mixture was heated under reflux for three days. It was concentrated and the residue was taken up in ethyl acetate, washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by preparative HPLC (RP18 column; mobile phase: acetonitrile/water gradient with addition of 0.1% formic acid) and another isocratic RP18 separation with acetonitrile/water 1:1 to result in 283 mg (10% of theory) of diastereomer 1 and 145 mg (5% of theory) of diastereomer 2 of the title compound.

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