Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 84655455, compound

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In a 500 mL pear flask was added methyl 1-methyl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine-6-carboxylate (1B, 14 g, 71 mmol) in methanol (71.0 ml). At 0° C. was added 1N sodium hydroxide solution (140 ml, 140 mmol). This was then stirred at 0° C. for 1 h, when the reaction was complete. Brine (25 ml) was added and methanol was removed in vacuo. The aqueous mixture was washed twice with EtOAc. The aqueous layer was then acidified to pH 4; the resulting precipitate was collected on a fritted glass funnel and dried overnight under a stream of nitrogen to give the desired product 1-methyl-1H -pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine-6-carboxylic acid (1C, 10 g, 83% yield) as an off white powder. This was used in next step without further purification.

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