Trifluoroacetic acid → 2-(2-chloro-6-methoxy-phenyl)-1H-indol-6-ylamine

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A solution of [2-(2-chloro-6-methoxy-phenyl)-1H-indol-6-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (120 mg, 0.32 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (5 mL) was added 2,2,2-trifluoroacetic acid (0.5 mL) at 25° C. The solution was heated to reflux for 3 h, concentrated and poured into water. The aqueous phase was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. Filtration followed by concentration in vacuo gave a brown solid. Flash chromatography (70/30 hexanes/ethyl acetate) afforded 2-(2-chloro-6-methoxy-phenyl)-1H-indol-6-ylamine (80 mg, 91%) as a white solid. MH+ 272.9.

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