Water → Ethyl (s)-4-glycidyloxy-1h-indole-2-carboxylate

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To a solution of ethyl 4-hydroxy-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (1.3 g) in DMF (50 ml) were added potassium carbonate and (S)-glycidyl nosylate (1.0 g) and the mixture was stirred one day. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give ethyl (S)-4-glycidyloxy-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (1.8 g) as a brown oil. This was dissolved in methanol (50 ml) and the solution was refluxed under heating with 4-(naphthalen-2-yl)piperidine (1.5 g) for 3 hr. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give ethyl (S)-4-(2-hydroxy-3-(4-(naphthalen-2-yl)piperidino)propyloxy)-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (1.4 g) as pale-brown crystals (melting point 115–117° C.). By the reactions in the same manner as in Starting Material Synthesis Example 22, the title compound (1.1 g) was obtained as white crystals, melting point 171–173° C.

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