Chloroacetamide → Methyl 7-carbamoylmethoxy-1-methyl-2-indolecarboxylate

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After 0.50 g (2.44 mmol) of methyl 7-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-indolecarboxylate was added to a suspension of 0.01 g (2.44 mmol) of 60% sodium hydride in 25 ml of dimethyl-formamide, the mixture was stirred at room temperature until the mixture became a transparent solution. Then 0.25 g (2.68 mmols) of 2-chloroacetamide as added dropwise to the transparent solution at room temperature followed by stirring at 50° C. for an hour. The reaction mixture was poured onto ice water. The resulting mixture was then extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were washed with water. After drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 0.54 g (84.4%) of methyl 7-carbamoylmethoxy-1-methyl-2-indolecarboxylate.

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