Sodium hydride → HCID 18355318, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of sodium hydride (174 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (8.0 ml) was added dropwise a solution of benzyl indole-7-carboxylate (700 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (7.0 ml) at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour. Chloromethyl pivalate (461 mg) was added to the mixture and the solution was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 hours. The reaction was quenched with 1N hydrochloric acid and then the aqueous solution was extracted with ethyl acetate. Drying, filtering and removal of solvents afforded benzyl 1-pivaloyloxymethylindole-7-carboxylate (1.08 g) as a yellow oil.

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