N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone → HCID 13938643, compound

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Reaction Steps

1.32 g of 5-bromo-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-methylindole and 0.54 g of copper cyanide were added to 10 ml of N-methylpyrrolidone, and the mixture was refluxed for 4 hours. To the reaction mixture was added ethyl acetate, and the mixture was washed with 20% aqueous ammonia solution and water, and dried. The solvent was evaporated, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography. Recrystallization of the crude product from ether-petroleum ether gave 5-cyano-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-3-methylindole.

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