Ammonium formate → HCID 12050028, compound

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A mixture of ethyl 5-benzyloxy-1,4-dimethyl-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (4.00 g, 12.4 mmol), ammonium formate (3.90 g, 61.8 mmol), 10% palladium/carbon (0.20 g) and ethanol (60 ml) was stirred at 60° C. for 1.5 hours. The catalyst was filtered off and the resulting filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. A 5% aqueous sodium chloride solution was added to the resulting residue, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The extract solution was washed with a 5% aqueous sodium chloride solution and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain 2.89 g of ethyl 1,4-dimethyl-5-hydroxy-1H-indole-2-carboxylate.

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