Potassium Phosphate, Tribasic → 1-tert-Butyl 6-methyl 3-phenyl-1H-indole-1,6-dicarboxylate

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A mixture of 1-tert-butyl 6-methyl 3-iodo-1H-indole-1,6-dicarboxylate 62a (5.02 mmol, 2.016 g), phenylboronic acid 1× (7.53 mmol, 0.92 g), Pd(OAc)2 (0.402 mmol, 90 mg), Sphos 0.904 mmol, (0.37 g), and K3PO4 (10.1 mmol, 2.13 g) in toluene (10 mL) in sealed reaction vial was stirred at room temperature for 2 min and then heated at 90° C. under N2 for 4 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with EtOAc and water. The organic layer was concentrated and purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 8% EtOAc/hexanes). The desired product was collected as a light yellow solid that was washed with small amount of hexanes to obtain 62b as a white solid.

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