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New route to 2-substituted indoles by pyrolysis of N-acylacetylphenylhydroxylamines

K Hirao, K Mohri, O Yonemitsu, M Tabata, J Sohma

Index: Hirao; Mohri; Yonemitsu; Tabata; Sohma Tetrahedron Letters, 1992 , vol. 33, # 11 p. 1459 - 1462

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Download full text in 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. ... Convenient and regiospecific synthesis of 2-substituted indol (3) by thermolysis of N-acylacetylphenylhydroxylamine (1 and its mechanism including the formation of a radical intermediate are reported. ... Azoxybenzene (14) was obtained as a by-product in every run. ... An improvement of the yields of 3 by ...