N,N'-Dimethylethylenediamine → 1-(4-Isopropoxyphenyl)-5-(6-isopropoxypyrid-3-yl)indole-2-carb-oxylic acid ethyl ester

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A mixture of CuI (7.14 mg, 51 mmol), N,N′-dimethyl-1,2-diaminoethane (16.7 μL, 0.153 mmol) and toluene (0.5 mL) was added to a mixture of 5-(6-isopropoxypyrid-3-yl)indole-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (165 mg, 0.510 mmol; see step (a)), 1-bromo-4-isopropoxybenzene (219 mg, 1.02 mmol), K3PO4 (108 mg, 0.510 mmol) and toluene (2 mL) under argon. The mixtures was heated at 110° C. for 5 h and at 140° C. for 16 h, then allowed to cool to room temperature and filtered through Celite®. The filter cake was washed with EtOAc and the combined filtrates were concentrated and purified by chromatography to give the sub-title compound (163 mg, 70%).

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