Indole → 3-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-ylsulfanyl)-1H-indole hydroiodide

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A mixture of 11.7 g indole in 100 ml methanol and 10.2 g 2-imidazolidinethione in 150 ml methanol is added to a well-stirred solution of 25.4 g iodine and 50 g potassium iodine in 100 ml water. The mixture is stirred for 2 hours at room temperature. The clear solution is concentrated in vacuo to one third of the original volume and cooled. The solid which separates is filtered off, dried and recrystallised from alcohol-ether to give 3-(2-imidazolin-2-ylthio)-indole hydriodide of the formula ##STR11## melting at 210°-211°.

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