Methyl chloroformate → HCID 22467242, compound

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Sec-butyl lithium (9.4 ml of a 1.3M solution in cyclohexane) was added to a stirred solution of 6-bromo-1-ethylindole [the compound of step (a), 2.5 g] in diethylether (20 ml) at −78° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. After 30 minutes this solution was transferred by cannula to a stirred solution of methyl chloroformate (1.29 ml, 16.74 mmol) in diethyl ether (8 ml) at −78° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. After 1 hour the cooling bath was removed and the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature. After a further 1 hour the mixture was poured into brine and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layers were dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo to give a yellow oil. Flash column chromatography (elution with 90% hexane, 10% ethyl acetate) gave 1.76 g of the subtitle compound as a pale yellow oil.

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