6533b853fe1ef96bd12ac01d

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Zur protonenkatalysierten elektrophilen substitution von 2,3-dimethylindol mit arylaldehyden: C6-regioselektivität am indol-gerüst

E. SchifflUlf Pindur

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationIndole testAcid catalysisElectrophilic substitutionchemistryBicyclic moleculeStereochemistryYield (chemistry)Organic ChemistryRegioselectivityNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyAldehyde

description

The proton catalyzed reaction of 2,3-dimethylindole (1) with several arylaldehydes 2 yields the 6,6′bisindolylarylmethanes 5 regioselectively. No mechanistic information about the predominant attack of the aldehydes on the indole nucleus is obtained, because the reaction proceeds too fast to control. The electron-rich aldehydes, 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzaldehyde and indole-3-carbaldehyde, yield exclusively the 6,6′,6″-trisin-dolylmethane 9. The constitutions of all isolated methanes were elucidated by 400 MHz 1H-nmr spectroscopy.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.5570230303