Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 58306888, compound

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To a solution of 3-(2-amino-5-chlorobenzylidene)-2-benzofuran-1(3H)-one (466 mg) in ethanol (3.5 mL) was added a 1 M aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (3.4 mL) at room temperature, followed by heating with reflux for 45 minutes. The reaction mixture was acidified by adding of 1 M hydrochloric acid under ice-cooling, and stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The resulting precipitate was separated by filtration and the filtrate was extracted with diethyl ether. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After filtration, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 2-(5-chloro-1H-indol-2-yl)benzoic acid (395 mg).

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