Bismuth triflate catalyzed conjugate addition of indoles to α,β-enones

✍ Scribed by A.Vijender Reddy; K. Ravinder; T.Venkateshwar Goud; P. Krishnaiah; T.V. Raju; Y. Venkateswarlu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 201 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(03)01555-7

✦ Synopsis

Reaction of indoles with electron deficient olefins under the influence of bismuth triflate has been studied at ambient temperature and affords the corresponding 3-alkylated indoles in excellent yields.