Carbon Dioxide → 2-((tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)methyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole-5-carboxylic acid

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To a stirred solution of 5-bromo-2-((tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)methyl)-1-methyl-1H-indole (5.32 g, 15.0 mmol), prepared according to procedure described in Example 39, Step 3, in THF (30 mL) was added n-BuLi (2.5 M solution in hexanes, 7.30 mL, 18.25 mmol, 1.2 eq) at −78° C. dropwise. The mixture was stirred for 30 min at −78° C. before dry CO2 (g) was bubbled into reaction for 10 min. The reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl then extracted by CH2Cl2 (3×50 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 then concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (4.80 g, ca. 15.0 mmol) in quantitative yield. The acid was carried over to next step without further purification.

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