Ammonium Chloride → 7-Bromo-6-fluoro-1H-indole

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 2-bromo-3-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene (13 g) in anhydrous THF (80 mL) was added 1 M vinylmagnesium bromide in THF (178 mL) dropwise at −78° C. slowly. Then the mixture was allowed to warm to RT and stirred for 2 hours. TLC indicated the reaction was complete. The reaction mixture was poured into saturated NH4Cl solution, the organic phase was separated by extraction with EtOAc (3×200 mL). Purification by column chromatography afforded of 7-bromo-6-fluoro-1H-indole (D140) (3 g) as a brown oil.

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