Water → HCID 20517877, compound

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20.8 g of 5-amino-2-phenylindole are dissolved in 200 ml of pyridine, and 32.45 g of hexadecylsulfonyl chloride are added. After stirring for 2 hours at room temperature, a precipitate is obtained by the addition of water. The precipitate is suction filtered and washed with water. It is then stirred into methanol in the cold, suction filtered and recrystallized from ethanol with the addition of a saturated aqueous sodium dithionite solution. The precipitate is suction filtered, washed with water and a little methanol and dried. 47.4 g of the above mentioned compound are obtained.

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