Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The reaction of indole with (1H-indol-3-yl)(alkyl) methanol was catalyzed efficiently by ceric ammonium nitrate under ultrasonic irradiation to afford the unsymmetrical bis(indolyl)alkane in good to excellent yields. ... The reaction of indole with (1H-indol-3-yl)(alkyl) methanol was efficiently ...