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Alkylation of Indole and Benzofuran with Acetals

  • Liu Ningning ,
  • Yang Ling ,
  • Yang Bei ,
  • Wang Jinbang ,
  • Chen Xue ,
  • Wu Qinpei
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  • School of Chemical Engineering and Environments, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081

Received date: 2014-06-23

  Revised date: 2014-08-10

  Online published: 2014-08-26

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21172019).

Abstract

Benzofuran derivatives and bisindolylmethane derivatives are widely present in natural products, and have significant biological activity. Acetals were demonstrated to be efficient alkylating agents in the presence of TMSOTf and 2,4,6-collidine. Bisbenzofuranmethane and bisindolylmethane derivatives were easily obtained via direct alkylation of benzofurnan or indole with a series of acetals including amino, cyclic, acetone, aryl and alkyl acetals. The reaction mechanism was proposed.

Cite this article

Liu Ningning , Yang Ling , Yang Bei , Wang Jinbang , Chen Xue , Wu Qinpei . Alkylation of Indole and Benzofuran with Acetals[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014 , 34(12) : 2523 -2528 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201401038

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