Acetic Acid → tert-butyl 4-(1H-indol-5-ylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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5-Aminoindole (100 mg, 0.757 mmol) was dissolved in acetonitrile (2 mL), and the solution was added with 1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-4-piperidinone (181 mg, 0.908 mmol), acetic acid (0.870 mL, 15.2 mmol) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (160 mg, 0.755 mmol) little by little, followed by stirring at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was added with water and sodium carbonate to adjust the pH to 9. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to obtain 5-[1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-4-piperidylamino]indole (300 mg).

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