Electrophilic Substitution Reactions of Indoles with Carbonyl Compounds Using Ceric Ammonium Nitrate: A Novel and Efficient Method for the Synthesis of Di- and Tri-Indolylmethanes1
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Chemical Research
- Vol. 2003 (2), 72-74
- https://doi.org/10.3184/030823403103173002
Abstract
Ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) is used to catalyse the electrophilic substitution reactions of indoles with carbonyl compounds at room temperature to produce di- and tri-indolylmethanes in high yields.Keywords
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