Synthesis 2010(8): 1386-1393  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218706
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A Flexible Synthesis of Indoles from ortho-Substituted Anilines: A Direct Synthesis of Isocryptolepine

George A. Kraus*, Haitao Guo, Ganesh Kumar, Gerald Pollock III, Heather Carruthers, Divya Chaudhary, Jonathan Beasley
Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Received 23 December 2009
Publication Date:
24 March 2010 (online)

Abstract

The reaction of anilines bearing a benzylic activating group in the ortho position with aromatic aldehydes or α,β-unsaturated aldehydes results in an efficient synthetic route to substituted indoles.