Ammonium Chloride → HCID 90029042, compound

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Reaction Steps

Add zinc powder (387 mg, 5 mmol) portionwise to a solution of 3-fluoro-5-nitro-1H-indole (360 mg, 2 mmol) in methanol (10 mL). Then add dropwise 15.5% ammonium chloride solution (10 mL, 20 mmol), stir the reaction at ambient temperature for 5 hrs. Filter, dilute the filtrate with water (50 mL), extract with ethyl acetate (50 mL×2), wash with brine (50 mL×2), dry over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Concentrate under reduced pressure to give the crude product. Purify by flash chromatography (silica gel, EtOAc:PE=1:3) to yield the title compound (150 mg, 50%). MS: (M+1): 151.2.

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