Indole → HCID 14819382, compound

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A mixture of indole (16 g, 0.136 M), 3-bromothiophene (24.75 g, 0.146 M), potassium carbonate (20.1 g, 0.146 M) and copper bromide (0.84 g, 0.003 M) in 160 ml of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone was stirred and heated to 180° C. (under nitrogen atmosphere) for 42 hours. After this time, the reaction mixture was poured onto 800 ml of water and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×350 ml). The combined ethyl acetate extracts were washed with water, brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo leaving a dark brown-black oil. The crude reaction product was chromatographed on a silica gel column with hexane/CH2Cl2 3:1 as eluant. Yield=9.14 g of yellow liquid which was homogeneous by thin layer chromatography. MS: M+ =199.

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