“…38,39 If the reaction between, for example, 1,2,4,6-tetramethyl-3-nitropyridinium iodide and acetone is carried out in an excess of an aqueous solution of methylamine, the yield of 1,2,4,6-tetramethylindole decreases to 3% because competing hydrolytic elimination of the amino group occurs in parallel, apparently, at the step where the open form exists. 38,39 If the reaction between, for example, 1,2,4,6-tetramethyl-3-nitropyridinium iodide and acetone is carried out in an excess of an aqueous solution of methylamine, the yield of 1,2,4,6-tetramethylindole decreases to 3% because competing hydrolytic elimination of the amino group occurs in parallel, apparently, at the step where the open form exists.…”