Toluene → Ethyl 2,3-dimethyl-1H-indole-5-carboxylate

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A mixture of tert-butyl 1-(4-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl)hydrazinecarboxylate (5.27 g, 18.8 mmol), butan-2-one (2.53 mL, 28.2 mmol), and TsOH monohydrate (21.5 g, 112.8 mmol) in toluene (300 mL) was heated at 80° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and then purified by flash chromatography (AcOEt/Hexane 5%) to obtain the title compound. ESI-MS (m/z): 218 [M+H]+.

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