Methyl bromoacetate → {9-[(2-Fluorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbamoylcarbazol-4-yl}oxyacetic acid, methyl ester

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40% Methanolic Triton B (0.14 mL, 0.31 mM) was added to a solution of the 9-[(2-fluorophenyl)methyl]-4-hydroxy-5-carbamoyl carbazole (51.9 mg, 0.155 mM) in 5 mL DMF at room temperature. After 3 minutes, methyl bromoacetate (110.5 mg, 0.72 mM) was added and the resultant mixture stirred at room temperature for 20 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed four times with H2O, once with saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (elution with gradient methylene chloride/ethyl acetate) to afford 72.8 mg (71%) of the {9-[(2-fluorophenyl)methyl]-5-carbamoylcarbazol-4-yl}oxyacetic acid, methyl ester as a white solid. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.65 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 7.5 (s, 1H), 7.4-7.2 (m, 5H), 7.15 (s, 1H), 7.1 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 7.05 (t, 1H, J=8 Hz), 6.7 (t, 1H, J=8 Hz), 6.55 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 5.7 (s, 2H), 4.85 (s, 2H), and 3.7 (s, 3H). IR (CHCl3, cm−1) 3436, 1763, 1675, 1457, 1327, 1208, 1198, 1150, 1102, 772, 756, and 719. MS (FD) m/e 407.

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