Water → 6-Methyl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridine

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A solution of the compound of step 1 (5.12 g, 25.1 mmol) in NMP (125 ml) was added dropwise at room temperature to potassium tert-butylate (5.91 g, 52.6 mmol) in NMP (125 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred for 4 h at room temperature, then water was added and the aqueous phase was extracted with diethyl ether. The combined organic phases were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give 2.5 g of the title compound.

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