Dimethylformamide → 3-formyl-N-methyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide

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Oxalyl chloride (2.6 mL, 30 mmol) was added drop-wise to an ice-cooled solution of dimethylformamide (34 mL) and dichloromethane (90 mL), then N-methyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (3.51 g, 20 mmol) was added and the mixture stirred at rt for 1 h. Water was added and the resulting precipitate filtered, washed with water and diethyl ether. The product was dried to afford the title compound (2.03 g, 50%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 12.58 (s, 1H), 10.2 (s, 1H), 9.51 (s, 1H), 8.26 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.66 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.47-7.10 (m, 2H), 2.73 (d, J=4.6 Hz, 3H).

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