Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 5-(2-Ethylamino-ethyl)-3-methyl-1,5,6,7-tetrahydro-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine-4-one

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A stirred mixture of 2-[2-(2-ethylamino-ethylamino)-ethyl]-4-methyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (40 mg, 1.498 mmol), lithium hydroxide monohydrate (503 mg, 11.985 mmol) in 25 ml of oxalic acid was heated to reflux at 135° C. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, added with water (10 ml) and extracted with dichloromethane (20 ml×3). The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 5-(2-ethylamino-ethyl)-3-methyl-1,5,6,7-tetrahydro-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine-4-one (100 mg, 30.2%) as a brown oil.

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