Chloroacetyl chloride → 3-Chloroacetyl-6-(benzyloxy)indole

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6-(Benzyloxy)indole dissolved in a mixture of dioxane and pyridine was stirred at 60 C. under nitrogen while chloroacetyl chloride in dioxane was added dropwise during 1 hr. The reaction mixture was then stirred for another 0.5 hr. and poured into diethyl ether-water. The precipitate was collected by filtration and washed thoroughly with cold diethyl ether to yield 47% of 11 as an orange solid.

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