Trimethylsilyldiazomethane → Methyl 2-(quinoxalin-6-yl)acetate

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Trimethylsilyldiazomethane [2.0M in hexanes] (0.08 mL) was added dropwise to a solution of quinoxalin-6-yl-acetic acid (0.030 g, 0.159 mmol) in toluene/methanol [8/1] (0.5 mL) and stirred until the bubbling stopped. The reaction was then evaporated and the crude product was purified via silica gel column chromatography in hexane:ethyl acetate (1:1) to give 0.013 g of quinoxalin-6-yl-acetic acid methyl ester. This was added to a solution of hydrazine (0.10 mL) in methanol and stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo to give 0.019 g of quinoxalin-6-yl-acetic acid hydrazide. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 9.77 (bs, 1H), 9.35 (m, 2H), 8.46 (d, 1H, J=8.8 Hz), 8.39 (m, 1H), 8.19 (dd, 1H, J=2.0, 8.8 Hz), 4.68 (bs, 2H), 4.07 (s, 2H).

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