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Typical Experimental Procedures:
2-
tert
-Butyl-1-hydroxy-6-(trifluoromethyl)-1
H
-indole-3-carbonitrile (10b): To a solution of 4,4-dimethyl-2-[2-nitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-oxopentanenitrile
(9b; 236 mg, 0.75 mmol) in a mixture of EtOAc and AcOH (4:1, 12 mL) were added 10% Pd/C
(40 mg, 0.05 equiv) and (Ph3P)4Pd (13 mg, 0.015 equiv). This mixture was degassed and stirred under an atmosphere
of hydrogen for 4 h. The solids were removed by a filtration through Celite and the
solvents were evaporated. Flash chromatography of the residue on silica gel using
a gradient of EtOAc-hexane (0-25%) as eluent afforded 10b (204 mg, 96% yield) as a light beige powder; mp 144 °C (dec.). 1H NMR (400 MHz, acetone-d
6): δ = 11.07 (s, 1 H), 7.84 (s, 1 H), 7.81 (d, J = 8.3 Hz, 1 H), 7.58 (dd, J = 1.3, 8.3 Hz, 1 H), 1.69 (s, 9 H). 13C NMR (100 MHz, acetone-d
6): δ = 153.78, 133.02, 126.60, 125.14 (q, J
C-F = 32 Hz), 124.91 (q, J
C-F = 269 Hz), 119.19, 118.34 (q, J
C-F = 4 Hz), 115.47, 106.68 (q, J
C-F = 4 Hz), 78.60, 34.48, 28.51. IR (KBr): 3127, 2977, 2229 (CN), 1365, 1324, 1272,
1119 cm-1. MS (ESI, +ve): m/z = 283.0 [M + 1]. Anal. Calcd for C14H13F3N2O: C, 59.57; H, 4.64; N, 9.92. Found: C, 59.47; H, 4.68; N, 9.55.
Ethyl 1,2-Dimethoxy-6-(trifluoromethyl)-1
H
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(4; 270 mg, 0.75 mmol) was performed as described above. The crude material obtained
after filtration was redissolved into THF and treated with an ethereal solution of
CH2N2 at r.t. for 45 min. The excess CH2N2 was quenched with AcOH, the solvents were evaporated and the residue was purified
by flash chromatography on silica gel using a gradient of EtOAc-hexane (0-10%) as
eluent to give dimethoxyindole 6 (191 mg, 80%) as a light beige powder; mp 76 °C. 1H NMR (400 MHz, acetone-d
6): δ = 8.25 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1 H), 7.78 (s, 1 H), 7.52 (dd, J = 1.3, 8.4 Hz, 1 H), 4.40 (q, J = 7.1 Hz, 2 H), 4.38 (s, 3 H), 4.24 (s, 3 H), 1.43 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3 H). 13C NMR (100 MHz, acetone-d
6): δ = 162.69, 155.17, 126.75, 125.10 (q, J
C-F = 269 Hz), 123.91 (q, J
C-F = 32 Hz), 123.75, 121.65, 118.50 (q, J
C-F = 4 Hz), 105.28 (q, J
C-F = 4 Hz), 88.54, 66.29, 63.39, 59.53, 13.90. IR (KBr): 2987, 2949, 1703, 1555, 1459
cm-1. MS (ESI, +ve): m/z = 318.0 [M + 1], 289.1, 229.0. Anal. Calcd for C14H14F3NO4: C, 53.00; H, 4.45; N, 4.41. Found: C, 53.20; H, 4.13; N, 4.30.
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