Abstract

An efficient and practical procedure for the Mannich reaction of secondary amine, formaldehyde, and indole or N‐methylindole employing zinc chloride is presented. A series of gramine derivatives were obtained in 58–98% yields at room temperature in EtOH by using this method.

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