Hydrochloric Acid → 5-chloro-3-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin-4-yl)-1H-indole

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A mixture of 5-chloro-1H-indole (25 g), piperidin-4-one, hydrate, hydrochloride (71 g), and potassium hydroxide (38 g) in ethanol (450 ml) was refluxed for 6 hours. After cooling inorganic salts were filtered off and ethanol evaporated in vacuo. To the remaining oil was added brine (500 ml) and ethyl acetate (2×200 ml). The organic phase was separated and worked-up as above. Yield of crude title product: 45 g (semicrystalline).

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