Acetyl chloride → Methyl 5-acetyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indole-1-carboxylate

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Acetyl chloride (10.66 mL, 0.15 mol) was added slowly to a mixture of 2,3-dihydro-indole-1-carboxylic acid methyl ester, Preparation 17 (17 g, 0.1 mol), and aluminum chloride (40 g, 0.3 mol) in carbon disulfide (150 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and heated under reflux for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and poured into ice water. The resulting mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2 (3×40 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and the resultant filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica using ethyl acetate/hexane (30%) to provide the title product (8.8 g, 40%) as a solid.

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