Di-tert-butyl dicarbonate → HCID 69317257, compound

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2-Methyl-6-methylthioindole (13.9 g) prepared according to Allais A. et al. Eur. J. Med. Chem.—Chim. Ther. (1975), 10(2), 187-99, was dissolved in CH3CN (150 mL) followed by the addition of (BOC)2O (18 g) with 480 mg DMAP. After 5 h the mixture was evaporated to dryness and the resulting 2-methyl-6-methylsulfanyl-indole-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester was purified by chromatography over silica gel.

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