Tetrahydrofuran → 1H-indol-4-ylmethanol

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1H-Indole-6-carboxylic acid (1.00 g, 6.23 mmol) was dissolved into anhydrous THF (20 ml) under argon. The solution was cooled in an ice bath and lithium aluminum hydride (13.1 ml of 1M solution in THF, 13.1 mmol) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stir overnight. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. and ethyl acetate (10 ml) was carefully added, followed by methanol (5 ml) and water (5 ml). The mixture was stirred for 30 min and filtered through celite. The solution was concentrated and dissolved in ethyl acetate (200 ml) and washed with brine (2×100 ml), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to yield (1H-indol-4-yl)-methanol (471 mg, 52%) as an orange oil: 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 11.04 (bs, 1H), 7.30-7.26 (m, 2H), 7.05-6.98 (m, 2H), 6.48-6.47 (m, 1H), 5.04 (t, J=4.0 Hz, 1H), 4.74 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H).

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