Methane → 6-chloro-7-ethylsulfanyl-9H-beta-carbolin-8-ylamine

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A 50 ml round-bottom flask with magnetic stirrer was charged with 6-chloro-7-ethylsulfanyl-8-nitro-9H-β-carboline (85.0 mg, 0.28 mmol) in 10 ml anhydrous ethanol. To the resulting orange mixture at RT was added 0.33 M aqueous ammonium chloride (2.0 ml, 0.66 mmol) and iron powder (680 mg, 12.2 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to 60° C. and stirred vigorously for 20 hr. Next, the mixture was cooled to RT, diluted with ethyl acetate (15 ml), and activated charcoal (˜180 mg) was added. The resulting mixture was filtered through a pad of celite and the filtrate was concentrated to afford 77.8 mg of 6-chloro-7-ethylsulfanyl-9H-β-carbolin-8-ylamine as a yellow solid (>99%).

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