OK, one more:
Indole + H
2CO
__> 3-indolemethanol 82%, when refluxed for 6 h in CH
3O Na.
If substituting ethanol yeilded tryptophol, even in a lessened yeild, I'd be a happy bee
OK, here's the ref, as complete as it was in the book, and the book itself:
Ref. 15 Vol. 1 p 171
Buehler and Pearson.
Survey of Organic Synthesis . Wiley-Interscience. New York, 1970.
I have some more coming
No barbed wire can cage a bee.