Water → Methyl indole-6-carboxylate

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere, to a solution of 1H-indole-6-carboxylic acid (121 g, 752 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (360 ml) was added potassium carbonate (124 g, 900 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hr. Then, iodomethane (56 ml, 900 mmol) was added dropwise at room temperature over 15 min, and the mixture was stirred for 2 hr. Then, to the reaction solution were added water (1.2 L) and hexane (100 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hr. The precipitated crystals were collected by filtration, washed successively with water and hexane, and dried under reduced pressure to give the title compound (115 g, yield 87%).

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