Synthesis of 1-alkoxy-1,2,3,4-tetra-hydrocarbazoles by mercury(II) mediated heterocyclization of 2-cyclohex-2′-enyl-N alkylanilines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1139/v96-175

The title compounds 3(a-i) were synthesized in high yields by the mercury(II) mediated heterocyclization of 2-cyclohex-2′-enyl-N-alkylanilines 2(a-g), which in turn were obtained by the acid-catalyzed amino Claisen rearrangement of 3-N-alkylanilinocyclohexenes 1(a-g). Additional supporting evidence for the structure of product 3 was obtained from chemical transformations.