Potassium Carbonate → 2-Furan-3-yl-6-methoxy-1H-indole

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To a mixture of 2,2,2-trifluoro-N-(2-iodo-5-methoxyphenyl)acetamide (1.00 g), furan-3-ylethynyltrimethylsilane (714 mg), bis(triphenylphosphine) palladium(II) dichloride (61 mg), copper(I) iodide (33 mg), triethylamine (0.81 mL), and acetonitrile (15 mL) was added tetrabutylammonium fluoride in tetrahydrofuran solution (1 mol/L, 4.4 mL) at 50° C. This mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 1 hour. Then, potassium carbonate (801 mg) was added thereto, followed by stirring at 50° C. overnight. To the reaction mixture was added saturated brine, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluting solvent: ethyl acetate-hexane) to obtain the title compound (422 mg). 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ ppm: 3.86 (3H, s), 6.51-6.56 (1H, m), 6.64-6.69 (1H, m), 6.78 (1H, dd, J=2.3, 8.5 Hz), 6.84-6.90 (1H, m), 7.42-7.51 (2H, m), 7.67-7.73 (1H, m), 7.78-8.13 (1H, br).

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