Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 67061262, compound

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To 3-[3-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-1-(toluene-4-sulfonyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-5-yl]-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester (1.07 g, 1.82 mmol) in a 1:1 MeOH/acetone solution (40 mL total) was added 4 mL of a 50% KOH (aq) solution. The reaction mixture was stirred for 20 hours at ambient temperature. Glacial acetic acid was added dropwise until the solution had a pH=6. The product was extracted into ethyl acetate and dried over Na2SO4. The material was adsorbed onto silica gel and purified by flash chromatography in an ethyl acetate and hexane gradient, affording 3-[3-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-5-yl]-benzoic acid tert-butyl ester as a colorless oil that started to crystallize into a white solid (1.97 g, quantitative yield). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 11.34 (s, 1H), 8.50 (s, 2H), 8.21 (s, 1H), 8.05 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.75 (m, 2H), 7.55 (m, 2H), 7.40 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 7.10 (m, 2H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 1.25 (s, 9H). MS: m/e 401.1 (M+H+).

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