Toluene → HCID 67273798, compound

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Reaction Steps

In a round bottom flask equipped with a Dean-Starck condenser, 1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde (40 g, 0.275 mmol) and pyrrolidine (27 ml, 0.330 mmol) were suspended in toluene (480 ml) and kept heating at reflux overnight. After cooling to rt, the solid was filtered off, washed with toluene and recrystallized from THF (100 ml) affording subtitle compound (47.7 g) as a reddish solid in 87% yield.

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