Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 2-(hydroxyimino)-3-(4,6-dibromo-3-indolyl)propanoate

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Mix 4,6-dibromoindole (2.09 g, 7.58 mmol), potassium carbonate (1.57 g, 11.4 mmol) and anhydrous methylene chloride (30 mL). Stir and add a solution of ethyl 3-bromo-2-hydroxyiminopropanoate (1.59 g, 7.58 mmol) in methylene chloride (20 mL). Stir under a nitrogen atmosphere for 48 hours. Take the solution up in ethyl acetate and wash with water (100 mL), saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate (100 mL) and brine (100 mL). Dry (MgSO4) and evaporate the solvent in vacuo and purify by silica gel chromatography to give the title compound.

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