Methanol → 1H-Indole, 3-(methoxymethyl)-

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Relatively pure 1H-indole-3-methanol (I3C™ from Designed Nutritional Products, Orem, UT, US) in a water solution was prepared for HPLC analysis. One sample was diluted with water and the other was diluted with methanol. By the time the partial methanol solution could be injected into the HPLC, the reaction with methanol had taken place to form 1H-indol-3-yl methoxy methane, the methyl ether of 1H-indole-3-methanol, and two peaks of about the same magnitude were observed. The same solution when diluted with water showed only one peak.

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