Water → ethyl 1-(methoxymethyl)-7-nitro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate

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To a suspension of sodium hydride (60% in oil, 0.51 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (15 mL) was slowly added ethyl 7-nitro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (2.50 g) at 0° C., and the mixture was stirred for 30 min. To the reaction mixture was added chloromethyl methyl ether (1.00 mL) at 0° C. over 20 min, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hr. Water was added to the reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with saturated brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated. The obtained residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography and the title compound (2.29 g, yield 77%) was obtained as pale-yellow crystals from a fraction eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:3, volume ratio). melting point 62-63° C.

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