A novel method for indole skeleton synthesis under mild conditions mediated by samarium(ii) diiodide has been developed. The reaction of N-allenyl-2-iodoaniline derivatives with SmI2 in the presence of HMPA and i-PrOH at 0 °C afforded indole derivatives in high yields.

A facile construction of the spiro[indole-3,2'-pyrrolidine] skeleton, through diacetoxyiodobenzene (PIDA) mediated C-N bond-forming dearomatization of C3 sulfonamide linked indole derivatives, has been developed. A variety of spiro-indolepyrrolidines were obtained in moderate to excellent yields under mild conditions.

In the title compound, C24H14BrN3S, the dihedral angles between the planes of the pyridine ring and the pendant thio-phene ring, the indole ring system (r.m.s. deviation = 0.022 Å) and the bromo-benzene ring are 9.37 (17), 21.90 (12) and 69.01 (15)°, respectively. The approximate coplanarity of the central ring and the indole ring system is supported by two intra-molecular C-H⋯N inter-actions. ...

reaction of tryptamine 1 with dimethyl -3-methoxyallylidenemalonate 2 afforded n?-[4,4-bis (methoxycarbonyl)-1,3-butadienyl] tryptamine 3 which in combination with acetylchloride and pyridine in dichloromethane gave n?, n?-[acetyl]-[(4,4-dinethoxycarbonyl) 1,3butadienyl] tryptamine 4. treatment of 3 with sodium hydroxide afforded 2h[n-(3-indolyl) ethyl] 2-oxo-3-methoxycarbonyl-1-pyridine 5. cyc...

In the title compound, C29H23ClN4O4, the quinazoline-indole system and the indolin-2-one system are each essentially planar, with maximum deviations from their mean planes of 0.150 (2) and 0.072 (2) Å, respectively. The central pyrrolidine ring adopts a twisted conformation on the C-C bond involving the spiro C atoms. Its mean plane forms dihedral angles of 83.37 (9) and 86.56 (8)°, respectivel...

The hydro-thermal reaction of Ni(2)(OH)(2)CO(3) with 2,2'-bipyridine and 2-indolyl-formic acid in CH(3)OH/H(2)O at 423 K for 7 d produced the novel Ni(II) complex [Ni(C(9)H(6)NO(2))(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)](C(9)H(6)NO(2))·2H(2)O. The asymmetric unit of the title compound consists of a monovalent [Ni(L)(bpy)(2)(H(2)O)](+) cation (bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine and L is 1H-indole-2-carboxyl-ate), an L a...

One-pot Fischer indolisation indole N-alkylation enables straightforward, rapid synthesis of structurally-diverse 1,2,3-trisubstituted indoles from simple, widely-available precursors.

There are two mol-ecules with similar configurations in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(9)H(7)N(5), which are linked by inter-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into chains with graph-set motif C(2) (2)(8) along the b axis. The indole core has the expected planar geometry in the two mol-ecules, with a maximum deviation of 0.008 (8) Å from the least-squares plane defined by the nine con...

In the title compound, C(23)H(30)N(2)O(4)·C(2)H(6)O, the indole derivative has four fused rings, forming an indolo[2-3a]quinolizine system, in which one six-membered ring is directly connected to the indole unit and has a distorted chair conformation. The fourth ring is also a six-membered ring, depicting a regular chair conformation. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O and O-H⋯N...

The Rh(II)- and Cu(II)-catalyzed reactions of N-bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl, N-(2-indolyl)methyl α-diazoamides are investigated to delineate how conformational, steric and electronic factors influence the site- and chemoselectivity of the metallocarbenoid reaction. The N-bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl (N-BTMSM) group is found to be essential in promoting the metallocarbenoid reaction at the N-(2-indol...