N-Methyloxindole → HCID 21717225, compound

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Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (5 ml of a 0.5M solution in toluene, 2.5 mmol) was rapidly added at ambient temperature to a solution of 4-chloro-6,7-dimethoxyquinazoline (337 mg, 1.5 mmol) and 1-methyloxindole (368 mg, 2.5 mmol), (prepared according to the method described in J. Am. Chem. Soc 1945, 67, 1656), in THF (30ml). After 30 minutes, the precipitate was collected by filtration and washed with ether. A second precipitate was isolated from the filtrate. The two solids were mixed and purified by column flash chromatography using methylene chloride/methanol (96/4 and 94/6) as eluent. During the evaporation of the solvents, the compound crystallised. The solid was filtered off, washed with ether and dried under vacuum to give 6,7-dimethoxy-4-(1-methyloxindol-3-yl)quinazoline (103 mg, 20%) as red orange needles.

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