1-Methylindole → (1-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-oxo-acetyl chloride

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1-Methylindole (6.8 g; 52.5 mmol) was dissolved in 100 ml of ether. The solution was stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere while α-oxo-α-chloroacetyl chloride (7.6 g; 60.3 mmol) was added in approximately 0.5 ml aliquots via a syringe. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 30 minutes at ambient temperature and then cooled in an ice bath. The product was collected as a precipitate on a sintered funnel and dried to yield 10.8 g (48.7 mmol) of 1-methyl α-oxo-3-indoleacetyl chloride, m.p. 122°-133° C.

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