Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 18367851, compound

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Methyl 3-acetylamino-6-chloro-1-(ethoxycarbonyl)indole-2-carboxylate (step 2; 1.48 g, 4.37 mmol) dissolved in ethanol (20 ml) and 1N aqueous KOH (10 ml) were heated together at reflux for 1 h. The mixture was cooled and concentrated, and the residue diluted with 1N aqueous HCl (20 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (30 ml×2). The organic extract was dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to afford 0.95 g (86%) of the title compound as a white solid.

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