Triethylamine → 2-Methyl-3-methylthio-4-morpholino-5-fluoro-7-bromoindole

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A solution of 145 g of 2-bromo-4-fluoro-5-morpholinoaniline in 1 l of methylene chloride and the solution was cooled to a temperature of not higher than -50° C. on a dry ice-acetone bath. At the same temperature as above 60 g of tert-butyl hypochlorite was added dropwise to the solution during which operation the reaction system changed from heterogeneous mixture to homogeneous solution. Then, 67 g of methylthio-2-propanone was added dropwise to the solution and the mixture was reacted at the same temperature as above for 2 hours followed by adding dropwise 80 ml of triethylamine. After completion of addition, the temperature of the mixture was elevated slowly to room temperature. After room temperature was attained 1 l of water was added to separate the methylene chloride layer which then was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 150 g of 2-methyl-3-methylthio-5-fluoro-4-morpholino-7-bromoindole.

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