Dinitrofluorobenzene → N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-5-methyltryptamine

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1 mMole of 5-metyltryptamine was dissolved in 100 ml of water and the pH was adjusted to pH 8.3 with 2.5 moles of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), A 1.5% solution of 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene in 200 ml ethanol was added and the mixture was stirred during 2 hours at room temperature. The desired product precipitates out, it is washed and dried. The product is obtained in 85% yield, and TLC (chloroform, silica-gel plates, reveals one yellow spot (Rf=0.8) which is well resolved from the starting materials under the same conditions.

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