Fischer indole synthesis in the absence of a solvent

Kiyoshi Matsumoto*, Akinori Tanaka, Ikemi Yukio, Naoto Hayashi, Mitsuo Toda, Robert Bulman

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    Abstract

    The traditional Fischer synthesis of indoles has been investigated and it has been shown that the reaction proceeds in good yield in the absence of a solvent.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)9-12
    Number of pages4
    JournalHeterocyclic Communications
    Volume9
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported in part by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan. The authors are also grateful to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan for purchasing the high-field NMR instruments (JEOL JNM-A500 and JNM-EX270) by the special fund to Κ. M. as a representative in 1992. Thanks are also extended to The Kyoto University Foundation for Cooperative Work for Robert A. Bulman to stay in Japan in 1998.

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