Di-tert-butyl dicarbonate → HCID 69317257, compound

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2-Methyl-6-methylthioindole (13.9 g) prepared according to Allais A. et al. Eur. J. Med. Chem.—Chim. Ther. (1975), 10(2), 187–99, was dissolved in CH3CN (150 mL) followed by the addition of (BOC)2O (18 g) with 480 mg DMAP. After 5 h the mixture was evaporated to dryness and the resulting 2-methyl-6-methylsulfanyl-indole-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester was purified by chromatography over silica gel.

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