Dimethylamine → HCID 10400418, compound

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To a stirred mixture of 5-nitroindole (5.00 g, 30.8 mmol) and phtalimide (2.00 g, 40% by weight) in anhydrous ether (125 mL) was added oxalyl chloride (8.09 mL, 95.6 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 h. The solids were filtered off, rinsed with several portions of ether and air-dried for 15 min. This intermediate was suspended in 100 mL anhydrous ether and cooled to 0° C. To this mixture was 2M dimethylamine in THF (154 mL, 0.308 mol) added in small increments. After the addition was complete the reaction was stirred for an additional 1 h at room temperature. The volatiles were evaporated and the crude re-crystallized in refluxing MeOH afforded N,N-dimethyl-2-(5-nitro-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-oxoacetamide (5.2 g, 20.02 mmol, 65%).

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