The reduction of unprotected indoles and quinolines is described using water as a hydrogen source. The method is based on the application of a RANEY® type Ni-Al alloy in an aqueous medium. During the reaction the Al content of the alloy, used as reductants, reacts with water in situ providing hydrogen and a RANEY® Ni catalyst, thus the alloy serves as a hydrogen generator as well as a hydrogena...

A novel study of external Brønsted acid-assisted thiourea catalysts in the asymmetric FriedelCrafts alkylation of indoles with nitroalkenes is reported. The final 3-substituted indoles derivatives are synthesized with better results by cooperative effect between chiral thiourea and a Brønsted acid additive (1a·HA), than those obtained with sole thiourea catalyst 1a. The effect of diverse catal...

An unprecedented dearomatization of indoles with diazoesters has been developed via cationic gold(I) catalysis. The functionalization selectively occurs at the C3-position to deliver methylene indole derivatives in good yields with excellent Z-selectivity, demonstrating unusual reactivity and selectivity compared with other noble metal catalysis. Importantly, simply followed by silica gel adsor...

A two-stage "tandem strategy" for the synthesis of indoles with a high level of substitution on the six-membered ring is described. Benzannulation based on the reaction of cyclobutenones with ynamides proceeds via a cascade of four pericyclic reactions to produce multiply substituted aniline derivatives in which the position ortho to the nitrogen can bear a wide range of functionalized substitu...

A copper-promoted C3-cyanation of both the free N-H and N-protected indoles by N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-ethane-1,2-diamine (TMEDA) and ammonium is achieved. The iminium ion acts as the intermediate in this transformation, which is sequentially electrophilically attacked by indole and H2O followed by hydrolyzation to form the aldehyde. Then the reaction between the aldehyde and ammonium afforded ni...

In this paper we proposed to research the biochemical mechanisms of the biocompounds with indolic structure, by investigating their biochemical effects on one very important physico-chemical parameter of the cell membrane, namely the (trans)membrane potential. The aim of the study was the assessment of the membrane depolarizationrepolarization processes induced by some bio-indoles, namely melat...

Electron-rich aza-aromatic compounds such as indoles is structures of particular interest and importancein organic chemistry. A useful procedure for the preparation of new 3-sulfenyl indole derivatives using S-alkyl or S-arylthiophthalimides as sulfenylating agents and poly(N, N′-dibromo-N-ethyl-naphthyl-2,7-disulfonamide) as novel catalyst is described. The method represents an efficient prepa...

BACKGROUND Profiling of the plasma indoles tryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), serotonin, and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) is useful in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with carcinoid tumors. We describe an automated method for the profiling of these indoles in protein-containing matrices as well as the plasma indole concentrations in healthy controls and patients with carcin...

benzyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (btpb) has been applied as an efficient catalyst for the preparation of bis(indolyl)methanes (bims) via electrophilic substitution of indoles with aldehydes in the absence of solvent.

Benzyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (BTPB) has been applied as an efficient catalyst for the preparation of bis(indolyl)methanes (BIMs) via electrophilic substitution of indoles with aldehydes in the absence of solvent.