Aluminium lithium hydride → 2-(2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-1-yl)ethan-1-ol

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A procedure similar to that described in Preparation was repeated, except that 780 mg of methyl indolin-1-ylacetate (prepared as described in preparation 8), mg of lithium aluminum hydride and 12 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran were used, to give 580 mg of the title compound having Rf=0.31 (on silica gel thin layer chromatography using a 2:1 by volume mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as the developing solvent).

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