5-Methoxytryptamine → HCID 18794211, compound

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Ethyl cyanoacetylcarbamate (156 mg) and palladium-on-charcoal (0.6 g) are successively added to 5-methoxytryptamine (119 mg) dissolved in acetic acid. The mixture is stirred under a hydrogen atmosphere for 72 h. The medium is then filtered and the palladium is washed with a chloroform/methanol mixture. After evaporation of the solvent, the crude product obtained, dissolved in toluene, is refluxed overnight. The 9-methoxy-1,2,3,4,6,7,12,12b-octahydropyrimido[6,1-a]-β-carboline-2,4-dione precipitates and is recovered by simple filtration (40% yield).

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