2,6-Diethylaniline → 7-Ethylindole

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The reactor filed with Cu-chromite/BaO catalyst was heated to 610° C. Into the reactor was fed 68.4 g of 2.6-diethylaniline and 41.4 g of water per hour. The organic reaction product after 5 hours of such reaction conditions was collected and subjected to partial hydrogenation as described in Example 1. After filtering of the hydrogenation catalyst, 332.4 g of organic liquid containing 45.8 g percent of 2.6-diethylaniline and 41.0 percent of 7-ethyl indole was obtained.

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