Sodium Iodide → HCID 22859588, compound

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A stirred mixture of 5-bromo-3-(2(R)-pyrrolidinylmethyl)-1H-indole (Preparation 2; 1.84 g, 6.3 mmol), cyclopropylmethyl bromide (0.67 ml, 6.9 mmol), anhydrous sodium carbonate (0.73 g, 6.9 mmol), sodium iodide (1.0 g, 6.7 mmol) and 1,2-dimethoxyethane (10 ml), under nitrogen, was heated under reflux for 14 hours, allowed to cool, then partitioned between ethyl acetate and 2M aqueous sodium carbonate solution. The organic phase was separated, washed with 2M aqueous sodium carbonate solution, dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel, eluting with 0.880 aqueous ammonia:methanol: dichloromethane (0.05:10:90), to provide the required product as a foam (2.09 g). Rf 0.24 (SS 6). [α]D25 +72° (c=0.1, CH3OH). Found: C,61.22; H,6.40; N,8.39. C17H21BrN2 requires C,61.26; H,6.35; N,8.41%.

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