Tetrahedron

The reaction between 2, 3-dialkylindoles and dichlorocarbene

M Botta, F De Angelis, A Gambacorta

Index: Botta, M.; Angelis, F. De; Gambacorta, A. Tetrahedron, 1982 , vol. 38, # 15 p. 2315 - 2318

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Abstract

2,3-Dialkylindoles react with dichlorocarbene giving ad- dition (2,3-dialkyl-3-dichlorumethyl-3_H -indoles or in- dolenines) and ring expansion products (2,4-dialkyl-3- chloroquinolines).t This reaction is very similar to that of 2,3-dialkyl- pyrroles with dichlorocarbene 2 in which 3-chloropyri- dines and 2-dichloromethyl-2H-pyrroles are formed. In a preceeding note 3 we have shown the easy con- version of the phenylmercury derivative 1--isolated from the ...