Synthesis

A Facile Synthesis of 1-Phenylsulfonyl-3-substituted-2-cyanoindoles, 1-Phenylsulfonyl-2-methyl-3-cyanoindoles, and Bifunctional 1-Phenylsulfonylindoles

P Jaisankar, PC Srinivasan

Index: Jaisankar, Pichamuthu; Srinivasan Synthesis, 2006 , # 14 p. 2413 - 2417

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Abstract

A thorough survey of the literature revealed that the cyano group had been introduced onto benzaldehyde by the reaction of sodium azide and aluminum chloride in boiling THF affording benzonitrile. [11] This reaction was not extended to other aromatic aldehydes. Herein, we wish to report the