Ethyl indole-2-carboxylate → HCID 68577987, compound

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Using general procedure A (Exp. 1.3.), 1,8-dimethyl-naphthalene was reacted with N-bromosuccinimide to give 1-bromomethyl-8-methyl-naphthalene as white solid. MS: 234.1 ([M]+). Using general procedure B, ethyl 2-indole carboxylate was coupled with 1-bromomethyl-8-methyl-naphthalene to give 1-(8-methyl-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester which was hydrolyzed as described in the general procedure B (Exp. 2.2) to give the title compound as a white solid. MS: 314.4 ([M−H]−).

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