Hexane → 1-dibutylcarbamoyl-1H-indole-4-carboxylic acid

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To 1H-Indole-4-carboxylic acid (611, 251 mg, 1.56 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (3 mL), was added 2.5M n-butyllithium in hexane (1.28 mL, 3.19 mmol) at −78° C. After 30 minutes, dibutyl carbamyl chloride (657 mg, 3.43 mmol) was added and stirred for two hours. The reaction solution was quenched with 1M HCl (aq.) and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtrated and concentrated. The desired compound was isolated with silica gel column chromatography using 10% ethyl acetate in hexane to give a white solid (612, 88 mg, 18%). MS (ESI) [M+H+]+=315.1.

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