Water → Methyl 1-benzylindole-3-carboxylate

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Sodium hydride (60% in oil, 274.1 mg, 6.853 mmol) was suspended in DMF (8.0 ml). To the resulting suspension was added methyl indole-3-carboxylate (400.2 mg, 2.284 mmol) under stirring at 0° C., followed by stirring at the same temperature for 30 minutes. To the reaction mixture was added benzyl bromide (0.41 ml, 3.427 mmol) at 0° C. After stirring at room temperature for 1 hour, the reaction mixture was added with water to terminate the reaction. The reaction mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with 1N HCl, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and distilled under reduced pressure to remove the solvent. The residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column, whereby from hexane-ethyl acetate (6:1, v/v) eluate fractions, methyl 1-benzylindole-3-carboxylate (100%) was obtained as a gum.

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