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Novel spiro and fused heterocycles from the allylation of indigo

  • Mohammed K. Abdel-Hamid
  • , John B. Bremner*
  • , Jonathan Coates
  • , Paul A. Keller
  • , Celia Miländer
  • , Yasmine S. Torkamani
  • , Brian W. Skelton
  • , Allan H. White
  • , Anthony C. Willis
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    The allylation of indigo results in the one-step synthesis of two unique complex heterocyclic systems: a spiroindoline-pyridoindolone arising from the addition of three allyl moieties and a fused pyridoindolo-azepinoindolone generated from the addition and subsequent cyclisation of two allyl moieties. The structures of these novel heterocycles are assigned unambiguously using extensive NMR experiments and by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The distribution of the products is influenced by the use of thermal versus microwave heating. Crown

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6947-6950
    Number of pages4
    JournalTetrahedron Letters
    Volume50
    Issue number50
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 16 Dec 2009

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