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HRID 1793589Generated: October 27, 2026

Ethanol → Ethyl Indole-3-carboxylate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthanolHCID 702—
ReactantIndole-3-Carboxylic AcidHCID 69867—
ProductEthyl Indole-3-carboxylateHCID 247965—

Reaction Steps

The title compound is prepared starting from indole-3-carboxylic acid (commercially available from Aldrich) by esterification with ethanol using standard methods of organic synthesis (e.g. J. March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Reactions, Mechanisms and Structure (1992, 4th edition) 393–394 (Wiley interscience, New York).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07081472B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2006_07
ORD IDord-09fb40855c5646c49cc533afa783da8e
Source noteuspto-grants-2006_07