Sodium Hydroxide → 2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-5-ol

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere 0.34 g sodium cyanoborohydride were added batchwise to 0.60 g (4.5 mmol) 5-hydroxyindole in 5.0 mL glacial acetic acid and the mixture was stirred for 60 min at RT. Then the reaction mixture was poured onto a 4N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic phases were washed several times with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, dried on sodium sulphate and evaporated down.

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