Oxalyl chloride → HCID 10832459, compound

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Reaction Steps

1-Methyl-2-(4-chlorophenoxymethyl)-1H-indole (1.00 g, 3.68 mmol), dissolved in 7.0 ml of diethyl ether in a round bottom flask under a nitrogen atmosphere. To the above solution was added oxalyl chloride (0.981 g, 7.73 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for about 60 minutes. The progress of the reaction was monitored by thin layer chromatography.

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