Jy. Merour et al., SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY OF (3-OXO-2,3-DIHYDRO-1H-INDOL-2-YLIDENE)ACETIC ACID ALKYL ESTERS IN DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS, Synthesis, (4), 1996, pp. 519
Aldolization reactions of 1-acetyl-1H-indol-3(2H)-one with glyoxal der
ivatives afforded acetyl-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-2-ylidene)acetic a
cid ester derivatives 2 and 3. Spiro compounds 6 were obtained by Diel
s-Alder reactions of 2; inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reactions
of 2 afforded pyrano indoles 8.