Dimethylformamide → tert-Butyl indoline-1-carboxylate

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5-Bromo-1-t-butyloxycarbonylindoline (2.0 g, 6.7 mmol) and DMF (0.53 mL, 6.7 mmol), were dissolved in THF (30 mL) and the resulting solution was cooled to −78° C. with stirring under a nitrogen atmosphere. A solution of t-butyllithium in pentane (1.7 M, 10.3 mL, 17.5 mmol) was added dropwise over 5 min. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h; then HOAc (3 mL) was added. The cloudy mixture was warmed to ambient temperature over 30 min and diluted with EtOAc (100 mL). Successive washings with a saturated Na2CO3 solution (2×10 mL) and then brine (10 mL) were performed. Drying over Na2SO4, filtration and removal of solvent in vacuo gave an oil. Column chromatography (EtOAc:hexane: 1:9, then 1:1) and removal of solvent in vacuo provided two products, both were white solids: (1) 1-t-butyloxycarbonylindoline (270 mg, 18% yield): 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): 7.18–7.10 (m, 2H), 6.92 (t, 1H, J=7), 3.97 (t, 2H, J=7), 3.08 (t, 3H, J=7), 1.57 (s, 9H); MS (APCI+): 220 (C13H18NO2, M++H) and (2) the title product (650 mg, 39% yield): 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): 9.86 (s, 1H), 7.9 (br s, 1H), 7.70–7.65 (m, 2H), 4.06 (t, 2H, J=7), 3.15 (t, 2H, J=7), 1.58 (s, 9H); MS (ES+): 248 (C14H18NO3, M++H).

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