Synthesis 1990; 1990(9): 801-802
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-27020
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A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of 3-Dialkoxyphosphoryl- and 3-[Alkoxy(phenyl)phosphoryl]-1-hydroxyindoles

Rongyu Zhang* , Xiugao Liao, Zhifang Gao
  • *Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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17 September 2002 (online)

The one-pot reaction of dialkyl phosphites or alkyl phenylphosphonites with equimolecular amounts of 1-aryl-2-nitro-l-alkenes in an alcohol in the presence of solid potassium carbonate give the title compounds, i.e., 1-hydroxyindole-3 -phosphonic or -3-phosphinic esters, respectively, in 57-88% yield.

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