Ethyl cyanoacetate → HCID 57094953, compound

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To a slurry of 1.35 g of 1-benzyl-2-chloroindole-3-carbaldehyde in 30 ml abs. EtOH was added 1.5 ml of ethyl cyanoacetate and 3.5 ml of morpholine, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 days. The mixture was then heated to reflux for 5 hours, cooled to room temperature and filtered to give (2b). Yield 1.6 g of (2b), m.p. 151°-152° C.

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