Ethyl 3-(3-nitropyridin-4-yl)-2-oxopropanoate → ethyl 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine-2-carboxylate

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1.8 g of 10% palladium-on-charcoal are charged into an autoclave, the atmosphere of which is then made inert with a stream of argon. A solution of 6 g of ethyl 3-(3-nitro-4-pyridyl)-2-oxopropionate in 72 mL of absolute ethanol is added. The reaction medium is then stirred for 3 hours at 20° C. under a pressure of 2 bar of hydrogen. The mixture is then filtered through Celite®. The filtrate is concentrated under reduced pressure and oven-dried at 40° C. to give 4 g of ethyl 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine-2-carboxylate, the characteristics of which are as follows:

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