Patent ID: 7504503

Claim:
A process for producing a substituted indole compound represented by the following general formula (3): wherein R 1 and R 3 are each independently an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, a nitro group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, an aryloxy group, or a hydrogen atom; wherein X and Y are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, or a halogen atom; and wherein R 2 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxyalkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, a nitro group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, an aryloxy group, a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom, the process comprising: reacting, in the presence of an acid, a (pyrimidine-2-yl)-2-propanone compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 have the same definitions as given above, with a hydrazine compound represented by the following general formula (2): wherein X and Y have the same definitions as given above.