Aniline → 2,3-Dimethylindole

HRID 1646403Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1646403 reaction equation
[NH2:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1>C(C(C)=O)C>[CH3:7][C:2]1[NH:1][C:2]2[C:7]([C:3]=1[CH3:4])=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=2

Participants

3

Procedure

Aniline was reacted with methyl ethyl ketone in the same way as in Example 3. 2,3-Dimethylindole was formed in a yield of 93% of the theoretical yield.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3745692be26648cc959c5ecc52156341
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_01
Patent number
US05179211

Reaction notes

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