Water → 6-Fluoro-alpha-methyltryptamine

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α-Methyl-6-fluorotryptamine was prepared by the dropwise addition of an anhydrous THF solution of 6-fluoro-3-(2-nitropropenyl)-1H-indole (560 mg, 2.54 mmol) to a stirred mixture of LiAIH4 (480 mg, 12.7 mmol) in THF (40 mL) at 0° C. The reaction slurry was allowed to stir under N2 from 0° C. to ambient room temperature over 3.5 hours. The reaction solution was again cooled to 0° C. prior to the dropwise addition of H2O to quench excess LiAIH4. The reaction suspension was filtered through a pad of Celite to remove Al salts. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, diluted with EtOAc (200 mL), washed with NaCl (50 mL×2), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to provide 450 mg of α-methyl-6-fluorotryptamine as a viscous oil; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.30 (1H, br s), 7.52 (1H, m), 6.98-7.04 (2H, m), 6.87 (1H, t), 3.29 (1H, m), 2.87 (1H, dd), 2.64 (1H, q), 1.25 (3H, d); MS (ESI): 193 (MH+); TLC (SiO2 plate, 100% DCM) Rf=0.1.

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