Sodium Bicarbonate → METHYL 1-(3-methoxypropyl)indoline-6-carboxylate

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To a mixture of methyl 1-(3-methoxypropyl)-1H-indole-6-carboxylate (1.5 g) and sodium cyanohydroborate (1.61 g) was added acetic acid (15 mL) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. To the reaction solution was added aqueous saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution under ice-cooling, and the mixture was neutralized by adding sodium hydrogen carbonate, and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 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→n-hexane/ethyl acetate=2/1) to give methyl 1-(3-methoxypropyl)indoline-6-carboxylate [REx(10-1)] (1.20) as a pale yellow oil.

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