methyl 2-(1H-indol-1-yl)acetate → 1H-Indole-1-ethanol

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A procedure similar to that described in Preparation 2 was repeated, except that 6.20 g of methyl indol-1-ylacetate (prepared as described in Preparation 12), 1.50 g of lithium aluminum hydride and 220 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran were used, to give 5.25 g of the title compound having Rf=0.33 (on silica gel thin layer chromatography using a 2:1 by volume mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as the developing solvent).

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