Reaction #49568

Reaction equation

N-methylbenzylamine

acetic acid

sodium triacetoxyborohydride

4-methanesulfonyloxy-5-methoxy-7-[1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-5-formylindol-2-yl]isoindolinone

→

4-methanesulfonyloxy-5-methoxy-7-[1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-5-(benzylaminomethyl)indol-2-yl]isoindolinone

Yield 19.0%

4-methanesulfonyloxy-5-methoxy-7-[1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-5-(N-methylbenzylaminomethyl)indol-2-yl]isoindolinone

Yield 60.0%

Solvents

acetonitrile

Conditions

Workup

1. 1
   Otherfollowed by purification by preparative thin-layer chromatography (chloroform/methanol=20/1)

Procedure

In a similar manner to Step 2 of Example 6, 4-methanesulfonyloxy-5-methoxy-7-[1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-5-formylindol-2-yl]isoindolinone (100 mg, 0.200 mmol) was dissolved in acetonitrile (5.8 mL), and the solution was treated with N-methylbenzylamine (0.258 mL, 2.00 mmol), acetic acid (0.229 mL, 4.00 mmol) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (127 mg, 0.599 mmol), followed by purification by preparative thin-layer chromatography (chloroform/methanol=20/1) to obtain 4-methanesulfonyloxy-5-methoxy-7-[1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-5-(benzylaminomethyl)indol-2-yl]isoindolinone (22.6 mg, yield 19%) and 4-methanesulfonyloxy-5-methoxy-7-[1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-5-(N-methylbenzylaminomethyl)indol-2-yl]isoindolinone (72.1 mg, yield 60%).

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