Hydrazine hydrate (1:1) → HCID 20098375, compound

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A suspension of 6 g of 5-nitro-2-hydroxy-N-(1H-indol-4-yl)-benzamide of Example 50, 600 ml of methanol and 15 ml of 64% hydrazine hydrate and 6 g of Raney nickel was refluxed for two hours and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness under pressure at 50° C. and the residue was taken up in a 1-1 mixture of chloroform and methanol. The mixture was filtered and the crystalline product was dried to obtain 4 g of 5-amino-2-hydroxy-N-(1H-indol-4-yl)-benzamide melting at >260° C.

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