HCID 89717682, compound → HCID 89717934, compound

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Ferric chloride hexahydrate (2.82 g, 10.44 mmol) and zinc (2.276 g, 34.8 mmol) were added portionwise to a mixture of 2-cyano-2-(4-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-2-nitrophenyl)acetamide (1 g, 3.48 mmol) in DMF (8.71 mL) and water (8.71 mL) to give a yellow suspension which was heated to 100° C. for 1.25 hour. The mixture was then cooled to 20° C., diluted with MeOH (50.0 mL), filtered over Celite and concentrated under reduced pressure to ca. 20 mL (to remove most of the MeOH). Then the mixture was diluted with water (50 mL) and EtOAc (100 mL), stirred vigorously and filtered. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (2×50 mL) and the combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaHCO3 (50 mL) and brine (50 mL). The organic layer was dried over anh. MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to give 489 mg as a purple solid which was purified by flash chromatography to give 2-amino-6-(2-methyl-2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-1H-indole-3-carboxamide (356 mg, 39.7% yield) as a purple solid: 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 4.38 (s, 3H) 6.57 (s, 2H) 7.01 (s, 2H) 7.61-7.69 (m, 2H) 7.81 (s, 1H) 10.77 (s, 1H); MS m/z 258.2 (M+H)+; HPLC ca. 78%, RT=1.34 minutes.

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