Water → 5-Bromo-1-(triisopropylsilyl)-1H-indole

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Lithium hexamethyldisilazane [1.0 M] (44.7 mL, 44.4 mmol) was added to a solution of 5-bromo-1H-indole (7.30 g, 37.0 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) at room temperature. After stirring for 5 minutes, triisopropylsilyl chloride (8.62 g, 44.4 mmol) was added to reaction mixture and stirred for 30 minutes. Water was added to quench the reaction and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give the crude mixture, which was purified via column chromatography on silica gel (9:1 Hexane/ethyl acetate) to give the title compound in 92% yield. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.74 (d, J=1.8, 1H), 7.36 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.22 (m, 2H), 6.55 (d, J=3.1 Hz, 1H), 1.65 (m, 3H), 1.12 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 18H).

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