Sodium Hydroxide → 2-[1-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)vinyl]indole

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In 30 ml of ethanol was dissolved 2.5 g of 2-[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)vinyl]-1-phenylsulfonylindole. Thereto was added 20 ml of a 5 N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The mixture was refluxed for 20 hours. The solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was mixed with 20 ml of water. The mixture was adjusted to pH 7.0 with diluted hydrochloric acid, and extracted with 100 ml of ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with an aqueous saturated sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure to obtain 1.5 g of 2-[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)vinyl]indole as a light yellow oily material.

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