Regioselectivity in electrophilic substitution of 5-aminoindoles and 5-aminoindolines: synthesis of pyrrolo [3, 2-e] indoles and isomeric pyrrolo [2, 3-f] indoles
…, A Burchat, G Weeratunga, I Watts, GI Dmitrienko
Abstract An FMO Theory prediction that 5-aminoindoles, 5, should react with electrophiles preferentially at C 4 rather than at C 6 whereas N 1-acyl-5-aminoindolines, 6, should react preferentially at C 6 rather than C 4 is borne out experimentally by the synthesis of a pyrrolo [3, 2-e] indole from 5 and pyrrolo [2, 3-f] indoles from 6.
[Berlin, A.; Bradamante, S.; Ferraccioli, R.; Pagani, G. A.; Sannicolo, F. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1987 , # 15 p. 1176 - 1177]