Sodium hydride → 1-(2-Tetrahydropyranyloxyethyl)-4-benzyloxyindole

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Under argon atmosphere, sodium hydride (121 mg) in DMF (2 ml) was cooled to 0° C. and 4-benzyloxyindole (501 mg) in DMF (5 ml) was added thereto, followed by stirring the resulting solution at 0° C. for 5 minutes. To this solution, 2-tetrahydropyranyloxy-1-bromoethane (599 mg) in DMF (2 ml) was added and the solution was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was added to saturated aqueous NH4Cl solution (30 ml) cooled at 0° C., and the resultant was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×20 ml). The obtained organic layers were washed with saturated brine and dried over sodium sulfate. After removing solids by filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the obtained crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain the desired compound (722 mg, yield: 92%).

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