Water → 5-Fluoro-1-(2-oxiranylmethyl)-1H-indole

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Epibromohydrin (1.4 ml, 16.5 mmole) was added to a stirred solution of 5-fluoroindole (2.0 g, 15 mmole) and sodium hydride (0.66 g, 16.5 mmole) in anhydrous DMF (20 ml), and the mixture was heated at 60° C. under nitrogen for 15 hours. Water (100 ml) was added and the product extracted into CH2Cl2 (3×35 ml). The combined organics were washed with water (25 ml), brine (25 ml) and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Filtration and concentration in vacuo gave the crude product as a viscous yellow colored oil (2.7 g). This was purified by flash silica gel chromatography (30% ethyl acetate in hexane) to afford the titled product as a viscous oil (2.5 g, 89% yield).

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