Water → HCID 15448801, compound

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Potassium carbonate (0.89 g) was added under nitrogen to a stirred solution of ethyl 4-formyl-5-hydroxyindole-2-carboxylate (1.50 g) in dry dimethylformamide (40 ml). A solution of (R)-glycidyl 4-toluenesulphonate (1.47 g) in dry dimethylformamide (30 ml) was then added and the mixture stirred at ambient temperature for 10 minutes, then at 60° C. for 3 hours. The mixture was poured into water (400 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×200 ml). The combined extracts were washed with brine (6×200 ml), dried over magnesium sulphate and the solvent evaporated under reduced pressure. The brown solid residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica eluting with a 1:1 mixture of petroleum ether (b.p. 40-60° C.) and ethyl acetate to give ethyl (R)-5-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)-4-formylindole-2-carboxylate (1.07 g) as an off-white solid; m.p. 152-154° C.

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