FORMATION OF 6,13-DIMETHYL-5,12-DIAZACHRYSENE BY OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF 2-METHYLINDOLE FOLLOWED BY BASE-INDUCED RING-EXPANSION

Authors
BERGMAN J BERGMAN S LINDSTROM JO
Citation
J. Bergman et al., FORMATION OF 6,13-DIMETHYL-5,12-DIAZACHRYSENE BY OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF 2-METHYLINDOLE FOLLOWED BY BASE-INDUCED RING-EXPANSION, Tetrahedron letters, 39(23), 1998, pp. 4119-4122
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4119 - 4122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:23<4119:FO6BOC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Oxidative coupling of 2-methylindole with FeCl3 gave, in addition to a trimeric coupling product, also the ring-expanded product 6,13-dimeth yl-5,12-diazachrysene. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reser ved.