8-Hydroxyquinoline → tert-Butyl 7-(4-(4-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)-5-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole-2(5H)-carboxylate

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A suspension of 4-(4-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one (126 mg, 0.534 mmol), tert-butyl 7-bromo-5-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole-2(5H)-carboxylate (234 mg, 0.641 mmol), CuI (122 mg, 0.641 mmol), 8-hydroxyquinoline (93 mg, 0.64 mmol) and Cs2CO3 (191 mg, 0.587 mmol) in DMSO (5 mL) was degassed under reduced pressure for 45 min. The suspension was put under Ar and heated at 135° C. with stirring overnight. The suspension was cooled, 40:9:1 CH2Cl2/MeOH/NH4OH was added, and the resulting suspension was stirred at 25° C. for 10 min. The suspension was passed through a plug of silica gel, and the filtrate was washed with brine. The solution was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrate under reduced pressure. Flash chromatography (silica gel, (1:1 EtOAc/hexanes)/(9:0.9:0.1 CH2Cl2/MeOH/NH4OH) 100:0 to 0:100) gave the title compound (123 mg, 44%) as a yellow solid: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.54 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.42-7.35 (m, 2H), 7.31 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.12-7.02 (m, 2H), 6.99 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 6.81 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 6.44 (dd, J=7.2, 1.8 Hz, 1H), 4.65 (br s, 2H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 3.90-3.81 (m, 2H), 3.65 (s, 3H), 2.87-2.79 (m, 2H), 1.51 (s, 9H).

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