Sodium borohydride → HCID 18940871, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sodium borohydride in pellets (1.5 g; 0.0396 mol) was added to a cold (0° C.) stirring mixture of 3[(5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)methyl]-1-benzyl-pyridinium bromide (5.8 g; 0,0141 mol) in methanol (130 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours. The product precipitated as a whitepink solid was filtered and washed with cold methanol and dried under vacuum.

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