Water ethanol → HCID 54084216, compound

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To 600 mg of 1-(2-methoxybenzyl)-2-chloroindole-carbaldehyde, slurried in 10 ml of ethanol, was added 608 mg of potassium carbonate and 0.24 ml of ethyl cyanoacetate. After overnight stirring 10 ml of water was added, and the product collected by filtration, washed with water, and dried to give (12a). Yield 630 mg of (12a). M.p. 126°-8° C. (sample recryst. from EtOH/water).

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