Potassium Iodide → methyl 1-(3-methoxypropyl)-1H-indole-6-carboxylate

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To a solution of methyl 1H-indole-6-carboxylate (5.0 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (40 mL) was added dropwise a solution of 1-bromo-3-methoxypropane (5.24 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL) under ice-cooling, and then thereto was added potassium iodide (948 mg), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. To the reaction mixture was sequentially added ethyl acetate and water under ice-cooling, and the organic layer was separated. The organic layer was washed with water twice and saturated saline, dried over sodium sulfate, and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent: n-hexane/ethyl acetate=9/1→4/1) to give methyl 1-(3-methoxypropyl)-1H-indole-6-carboxylate [REx(6-1)] (5.8 g) as a colorless oil.

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