Potassium Cyanide → HCID 22262947, compound

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To a suspension of potassium cyanide (3.0 g, 46.1 mmol) in methyl sulfoxide (16 ml) and tetrahydrofuran (4 ml) at 0° C. was added a solution of (1-methanesulfonyl-5-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-methanol (0.26 g,) in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 8 hours and then kept at 4° C. for 72 hours. The mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water, and the organic extract was washed with brine, dried (anhydrous sodium sulfate) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography over silica gel eluting with 50 to 70% ethyl acetate in hexane) to give (1-methanesulfonyl-5-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-acetonitrile as a white solid, (0.2 g, 13% in 2 steps). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ: 2.58 (s, 3H), 3.03 (s, 3H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 3.88 (s, 3H), 6.93-6.99 (m, 2H), 7.91 (dd, 1H, J=8.9 Hz, 0.6 Hz).

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