On a facile synthesis of melatonin and other related indoles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919808004915

An efficient laboratory synthesis for melatonin and other related indoles utilising enamides and enecarbamates is described.

Full text of DOI:10.1080/00397919808004915

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On a Facile Synthesis of
Melatonin and Other Related
Indoles
Wilhelmina Marais a & Cedric W. Holzapfel a
a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Rand Afrikaans University, P.O. Box 524,
Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
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To cite this article: Wilhelmina Marais & Cedric W. Holzapfel (1998): On a Facile
Synthesis of Melatonin and Other Related Indoles, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry,
28:19, 3681-3691
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