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The Chemistry of Indoles. XXXII. A Facile Synthetic Method for 6-Indolecarbaldehyde, 6-Indolemethanol, and 6-Substituted 1-Hydroxyindoles and Its Application for the Synthesis of a Natural Alkaloid, (E)-6-(3-Methylbuta-1,3-dienyl)indole
Somei, Masanori
, p. 4109 - 4115 (2007/10/02)
Trivalent titanium ion can reduce arylaldehydes, and the reaction is controllable by selecting the pH of the reaction medium.Utilizing this new finding, 6-indolecarbaldehyde and 6-indolemethanol were conveniently produced by the modified Leimgruber-Batcho method with titanium(III) chloride as the reducing agent.Syntheses of a natural alkaloid, (E)-6-(3-methylbuta-1,3-dienyl)indole, and some new 6-substituted 1-hydroxyindoles are also reported.Keywords-titanium(III) chloride; 6-indolecarbaldehyde; 6-indolemethanol; (E)-6-(3-methylbuta-1,3-dienyl)indole; (Z)-6-(3-methylbuta-1,3-dienyl)indole; 1-hydroxy-6-indolecarbaldehyde; 1-methoxy-6-indolecerbaldehyde; 1-acetoxy-6-indolecarbaldehyde; Leimgruber-Batcho method; reduction