Tryptophol → (8-Ethyl-1-isopropyl-1,3,4,9-tetrahydro-pyrano[3,4-b]indol-1-yl)-acetic acid ethyl ester

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Following the procedure of example 22.A. except using 2-(7-ethyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-ethanol as the 3-indolethanol component and ethyl iso-butyrylacetate as ketone component afforded the title compound as a solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.12 (br, 1H), 7.36 (d, 1H), 7.07 (m, 2H), 4.13 (m, 3H), 3.81 (m, 1H), 3.04 (q, 2H), 2.87 (m, 3H), 2.66 (m, 1H), 2.56 (m, 1H), 1.37 (t, 3H), 1.25 (t, 3H), 1.05 (d, 3H), 0.69 (d, 3H).

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