Methyl iodide → 6-Bromo-1-methylindole-2-carbaldehyde

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Sodium hydride (60% weight dispersion in mineral oil, 80.0 mg, 1.98 mmol) was added to a solution of 6-bromo-1H-indole-2-carbaldehyde (371 mg, 1.66 mmol) in DMF (10.0 mL) at 0° C. under N2. Methyl iodide (0.124 mL, 1.98 mmol) was added, and the reaction mixture was allowed to warm slowly to room temperature. After stirring for 4 h, the mixture was quenched with H2O at 0° C., upon which a solid precipitated out of solution. The slurry was extracted with ethyl ether (3×). The combined organic layers was dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to give the title compound (422 mg, 99%) as a yellow solid: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.89 (s, 1H), 7.59 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H), 7.28 (dd, J=8.5, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.22 (s, 1H), 4.07 (s, 3H).

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