Sodium Sulfate → {1-[(4-bromophenyl)sulfonyl]-1H-indol-2-yl}methanol

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To a solution of 1.4 g of ethyl 1-[(4-bromophenyl)sulfonyl]-1H-indole-2-carboxylate in 10 mL of THF, 7.6 mL of diisobutylalminum hydride-toluene solution was added at a temperature of −60° C. or lower, and the resulting mixture was stirred under cooling in a dry ice-acetone bath for 5 hours and under ice cooling for 2 hours. After the solution was cooled to −70° C., 5 g of sodium sulfate decahydrate and 5 mL of methanol were added, the resulting mixture was warmed to room temperature, 50 mL of ethyl acetate and anhydrous sodium sulfate were added, insoluble matter was removed by filtration, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform) to obtain 0.97 g of {1-[(4-bromophenyl)sulfonyl]-1H-indol-2-yl}methanol as a pale violet solid. EI: 365, 367

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