Water → 4-Bromo-5,7-dimethyl-1H-indole

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To a solution of 1-bromo-2,4-dimethyl-5-nitro-benzene (7.5 g, 32.6 mmol) in THF (100 mL) at −78° C. was added vinylmagnesium bromide (110 mL of 1.0 M solution in THF, 1.1 mol) dropwise. The reaction was allowed to warm slowly to −40° C. then stirred for 4 h. Water was added, and the reaction mixture allowed to warm slowly to rt and extracted with EtOAc. The organic phase was then dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to give 4-bromo-5,7-dimethylindole (2.3 g) which was used in the subsequent step without purification.

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