Synthetic access to poly-substituted 6-alkoxyindoles from 1,3-cyclohexanediones and nitroolefins through facile aromatization reaction

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9218-9221

  Ma, Li Jian ^a   Li, Xiao Xia ^a   Kusuyama, Tomoyo ^a   El Sayed, Ibrahim El Tantawy ^a,b   Inokuchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ANHYDRIDES; AROMATIZATION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ENOL ETHERS; ENOLATES; MICHAEL ADDITIONS; N-ACETYLATION; NITRO GROUP; NITRONES; NITROOLEFINS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; ETHERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ZINC;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

6 ALKOXYINDOLE; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; DIHYDRORESORCINOL; ETHER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRONE; NITRONE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACETYLATION; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; ISOMERIZATION; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; CYCLOHEXANONES; ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; INDOLES; METHODS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; STYRENES;

EID: 72249120374     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo902068m     Document Type: Article

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