Potassium Carbonate → 10-bromo-2-t-butoxycarbonylmethyloxy-5-(3-pyridylmethyl)-4H-pyrido[3,2,1-jk]carbazole-4-one

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10-bromo-2-hydroxy-5-(3-pyridylmethyl)-4H-pyrido[3,2,1-jk]carbazole-4-one (4.4 g) obtained in Example 2 was suspended in dimethyl sulfoxide (250 ml), and to the suspension was added potassium carbonate (4.5 g). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, and t-butyl bromoacetate (2.1 ml) was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 12 hours, and the reaction mixture was poured into ice water (300 ml) and extracted with methylene chloride. The methylene chloride layer was washed with saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel flash column chromatography (eluent: methylene chloride containing 3% methanol) to produce the title compound (3.4 g, 63%).

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