Free energies for the homolysis of the NO-C and N-OC bonds were compared for a large number of alkoxyamines at 298 and 393 K, both in the gas phase and in toluene solution. On this basis, the scope of the N-OC homolysis side reaction in nitroxide-mediated polymerization was determined. It was found that the free energies of NO-C and N-OC homolysis are not correlated, with NO-C homolysis being m...

Samarium(II)-promoted cyclizations of N-acylated indolyl sulfinyl imines without electron-withdrawing groups at C-3 furnished tertiary carbinamines in good yield. Screening the reaction conditions revealed that application an excess samarium diiodide presence water and lithium bromide provided cleanest reactions highest yields. The most striking observation during this investigation was reducti...

A new class of chemosensors based on the 1',3,3',4-tetrahydrospiro[chromene-2,2'-indole] ring system, which detects cyanide with high specificity, is described. These chemosensors show a distinct color change when treated with cyanide in acetonitrile solution buffered with sodium phosphate, and this procedure is not affected by the presence of other common anions. The chemisensors exhibit high ...

Herein, we report the application of allyl acetate to the palladium-catalysed dearomatising diallylation of indoles. The reaction can be carried out by using a readily available palladium catalyst at room temperature, and can be applied to a wide range of substituted indoles to provide access to the corresponding 3,3-diallylindolinines. These compounds are versatile synthetic intermediates that...