Tandem Wittig reaction and Cope rearrangement of 2-allyl, 2-dihydroindol-3-ones to 3-indole acetates

Tomomi Kawasaki, Kazuaki Watanabe, Kouhei Masuda, Masanori Sakamoto

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1995 · 12 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

Treatment of 2-allyl-1,2-dihydroindol-3-ones 1 with phosphonium ylides 2 in refluxing toluene gives 3-indole acetates 4 in good yields by tandem Wittig reaction and aromatization induced Cope rearrangement.

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