Methyl iodide → HCID 68877760, compound

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Reaction Steps

200 mg (0.8 mmol) of (4-benzo[1,2,5]oxadiazol-5-yl-3-methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-amine are stirred at 0 to 5° C. in 5 mL of DMF, then over 1 minute treated with 1 mL NaHMDS-solution (1.0 M, 1.25 eq.) and stirred another minute. Then, 0.5 mL (7.8 mmol, 10 eq.) of methyliodide is added and stirred 2 minutes under warming to rt. Then, the mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate/aqueous NaHCO3, the combined organic layers dried with sodium sulfate and concentrated. This yields the desired product as a reddish-yellow solid.

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