Ethanol → Methyl indole-6-carboxylate

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To a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran (30 ml), ethanol (30 ml) and water (100 ml), added are methyl E-4-(2-dimethylaminovinyl)-3-nitrobenzoate (10.0 g) and sodium hydrosulfite (104.5 g), and stirred at 70° C. for 1 hours. After this is cooled to room temperature, a saturated saline solution is added thereto. Then, this is extracted with chloroform. The organic layer is dried, and the solvent is evaporated away. The resulting residue is purified through silica gel column chromatography (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate=2/1 to 1/1) to obtain 6-methoxycarbonylindole (2.79 g).

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