Ethyl 5-nitro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate → Ethyl 5-amino-1H-indole-2-carboxylate

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A 500 mL Par hydrogenation bottle was charged with ethyl 5-nitroindole-2-carboxylate (8) (5.0 g, 21.36 mmol), 10% Pd/C (0.3 g), methanol/THF (150 mL, 1:4 v/v), and was purged with hydrogen. The reaction mixture was shaken with 40 psi H2 overnight. The catalyst was removed by filtration and the solvent was evaporated to give 4.10 g (94% yield) of the title compound 18 as a brown solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3), 8.77 (s, 1H), 7.26 (s, 1H), 7.23 (t, 1H, J=0.8 Hz), 7.21 (d, 1H, J=0.7 Hz), 7.03 (dd, 1H, J=0.7, 1.5 Hz), 6.93 (dd, 1H, J=0.7, 1.6 Hz), 6.80 (dd, 1H, J=2.2, 8.6 Hz), 4.38 (dd, 2H, J=7.2, 14.3 Hz), 1.40 (t, 3H, J=7.2 Hz); 13C NMR (CDCl3) 162.02, 140.30, 138.14, 131.87, 128.45, 127.77, 117.12, 112.50, 107.36, 105.86, 60.87, 14.41. This product is unstable and therefor it was used immediately in next step.

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