Ethyl orthoformate → 1-diethoxymethyl-1H-indole-3-carbonitrile

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1H-Indole-3-carbonitrile (5.07 g, 35.7 mmol) was heated with triethylorthoformate (60 mL) in a pressure vessel at 160° C. for 3 d. Upon cooling, the solvent was evaporated and the residue was submitted to chromatography (20% ether in hexanes) to afford the title compound (7.46 g, 86%). NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3, δ): 7.92 (s, 1H), 7.76 (m, 1H), 7.62 (m, 1H), 7.32 (m, 2H), 6.23 (s, 1H), 3.63 (m, 4H), 1.23 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 6H).

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