Diethyl Ether → [5-(Tert-butyl-dimethyl-silanyloxy)-indol-1-yl]-acetic acid ethyl ester

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A suspension of 5-(tert-butyl-dimethyl-silanyloxy)-1H-indole (9.2 g, 37.2 mmol), ethyl bromoacetate (4.79 ml, 40.9 mmol) and cesium carbonate (36.4 g, 111.5 mmol) in DMF (140 ml) was stirred for 3 h at RT. Diethyl ether was added and the mixture was washed with 1N HCl and water, and dried over sodium sulfate. The ether phase was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 12.9 g (quant.) of [5-(tert-butyl-dimethyl-silanyloxy)-indol-1-yl]-acetic acid ethyl ester which was used in the next step without further purification.

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