Water → 6-Ethyl-1-methyl-1H-indole

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A mixture of 0.226 g 1-(1-methyl-1H-indol-6-yl)-ethanone, 1.35 mL of 85% hydrazine hydrate, 0.88 g of potassium hydroxide in 15 mL of diethylene glycol was stirred at 62° C. over night. The reaction mixture was cooled, poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give 0.200 g of 6-ethyl-1-methylindole as a colorless oil after chromatographic purification on a silica gel column.

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