Intramolecular reactions of 2-indolylacyl radicals: access to 1,2-fused ring indole derivatives

M-Lluïsa Bennasar; Tomàs Roca; Francesc Ferrando

doi:10.1021/ol036455l

Intramolecular reactions of 2-indolylacyl radicals: access to 1,2-fused ring indole derivatives

Org Lett. 2004 Mar 4;6(5):759-62. doi: 10.1021/ol036455l.

Authors

M-Lluïsa Bennasar¹, Tomàs Roca, Francesc Ferrando

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain. bennasar@ub.edu

PMID: 14986968
DOI: 10.1021/ol036455l

Abstract

The generation of 2-indolylacyl radicals from the corresponding phenyl selenoesters under reductive conditions and their behavior in intramolecular addition reactions to carbon-carbon double bonds located at the indole nitrogen have been studied. [reaction: see text]