Methyl iodide → 1-Acetyl-6-bromo-5-fluoro-2,2-dimethylindolin-3-one

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To a stirred mixture of 1-acetyl-6-bromo-5-fluoro-2-methylindolin-3-one (D88) (800 mg, 2.80 mmol) in THF (20 mL) at 0° C. was added sodium hydride (224 mg, 5.59 mmol). After stirring for 10 min, iodomethane (0.210 mL, 3.36 mmol) was added to the mixture. The mixture was allowed to warm to RT. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour at RT. The reaction was quenched with addition with saturated NH4Cl aq. and the mixture was poured into water (100 mL). The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (30 mL×3). The organic layers were combined, washed with brine (100 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated in vacuo. The crude residue was purified by chromatography on silica, eluting with a gradient of 0-30% ethyl acetate in cyclohexane to give title compound (300 mg). LCMS (A): m/z (M+H)+ 300/302, C12H11BrFNO2 requires 299/301 (acidic).

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