1,2-Dichloroethane → N-methyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide

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EDC (7.7 g, 40.3 mmol) was added to a solution of indole-2-carboxylic acid (5 g, 13.1 mmol), methylamine, 33% in ethanol (5.6 mL, 15.5 mmol), HOBT (4.1 g, 13.1 mmol) and DIPEA (2.1 mL, 12.4 mmol) in THF, anhydrous (45 mL) and stirred overnight. The crude mixture was evaporated in vacuo and chromatographed over silica eluting with methanol/dichloromethane (0-2%) to afford the title compound (3.51 g, 66%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 11.53 (s, 1H), 8.43 (s, 1H), 7.57 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.39 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.15 (t, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 6.98 (t, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 2.79 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 3H)

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