N-H INSERTION REACTIONS OF RHODIUM CARBENOIDS - A MODIFIED BISCHLER INDOLE SYNTHESIS

Authors
MOODY CJ SWANN E
Citation
Cj. Moody et E. Swann, N-H INSERTION REACTIONS OF RHODIUM CARBENOIDS - A MODIFIED BISCHLER INDOLE SYNTHESIS, Synlett, (2), 1998, pp. 135
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synlett → ACNP
ISSN journal
09365214
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-5214(1998):2<135:NIRORC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Rhodium(II) acetate catalysed reaction of alpha-diazo-beta-ketoesters with N-methylanilines results in carbenoid insertion into the N-H bond ; the resulting alpha-(N-arylamino)ketones cyclise to give indoles upo n treatment with acidic ion-exchange resin.