5-Hydroxyindole (I) is sequentially protected at the OH and NH groups to afford the silyl ether (II), and then the N-Boc derivative (III). Metalation of the protected indole (III) by means of tert-butyllithium, followed by reaction with trimethyl borate, provides the boronic acid (IV). Treatment of 2-chloro-3-quinolineboronic acid (V) with N-iodosuccinimide gives rise to 2-chloro-3-iodoquinoline (VI). This is subjected to Suzuki coupling with the indoleboronic acid (IV) to furnish the quinolinyl indole (VII). Desilylation of (VII) using triethylamine trihydrofluoride gives the hydroxy indole (VIII), which is alkylated with the chloro amine (IX) to produce the indolyl ether (X). Finally, hydrolysis of the 2-chloroquinoline moiety of (X) and simultaneous N-Boc group cleavage with 50% HOAc leads to the title compound.