N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone → HCID 58306560, compound

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A mixture of methyl 5-bromo-1H-indole-7-carboxylate (300 mg), 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (6 mL), sodium methanesulfinate (600 mg), and copper iodide (I) (1.10 g) was stirred at 150° C. for 17 hours under an argon atmosphere. The reaction mixture was left to be cooled to room temperature, ethyl acetate was added thereto, and then the insoluble materials were removed by filtration. To this filtrate was added water, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and saturated brine in this order, and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane-ethyl acetate) to obtain methyl 5-(methanesulfonyl)-1H-indole-7-carboxylate (91 mg).

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