Potassium triisopropylsilanethiolate → 5-Triisopropylsilanylsulfanyl-indole-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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A solution of the product of Example 89A (200 mg, 0.583 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (4 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere was treated with [1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dichloropalladium methylene chloride complex (5 mg) and the solution was sparged with nitrogen for several minutes. Potassium triisopropylsilanethiolate (146.5 mg, 0.6411 mmol), prepared according to Tetrahedron Letters 35 (20) 3221 1994, was added and the reaction was heated at reflux for 15 minutes. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and the solvent removed by rotary evaporation under vacuum to provide the title compound as a colorless oil (210 mg, 89%).

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