Triethylamine → HCID 53700466, compound

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Reaction Steps

1-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)indole-2-carboxylic acid (2.0 g, 6.8 mmol) was stirred in tetrahydrofuran (10 ml). Triethylamine (1 ml, 7.5 mmol) was added and the mixture was cooled to 0° C. Ethyl chloroformate (0.7 ml, 7 mmol) was added dropwise, followed by stirring for 30 minutes. N-ethyl isopropylamine (0.6 g, 7 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran was added, followed by stirring for 30 minutes and refluxing for 6 hours. The tetrahydrofuran was evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was dissolved in toluene. The toluene solution was washed with water, dried, evaporated in vacuo, applied onto a flash chromatography column (silica gel, 30 g) and eluted with toluene/acetone (9.5:0.5). The desired fractions were concentrated and the residue triturated with diisopropyl ether to give 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)indole-2-carboxylic acid N-ethyl isopropyl amide as white crystals which were then filtered and dried. Yield: 50 mg (2% of theoretical). Rf : 0.53 (toluene/acetone 7:3). The H-NMR spectra was consistent with the assigned structure.

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