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C-2-SIDE CHAIN MODIFICATION OF 2-METHYL-3-ALKYLINDOLES VIA 3-METHYLTHIOINDOLENINES: A NEW APPROACH TO PYRROLOINDOLES
Vice, Susan F.,Friesen, Richard W.,Dmitrienko, Gary I.
, p. 165 - 168 (1985)
A strategy for side chain alkylation of 2-methyl-3-alkylindoles, involving deprotonation of 3-methylthioindolenines, derived from 2-methyl-3-alkylindoles by reaction with methane sulfenyl chloride, reaction with carbon electrophiles and reduction, is outl