New gas-phase cascade reactions of stabilized phosphorus ylides leading to ring-fused indoles and to quinolines

R Alan Aitken; Lorna Murray

doi:10.1021/jo801716z

New gas-phase cascade reactions of stabilized phosphorus ylides leading to ring-fused indoles and to quinolines

J Org Chem. 2008 Dec 19;73(24):9781-3. doi: 10.1021/jo801716z.

Authors

R Alan Aitken¹, Lorna Murray

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK. raa@st-and.ac.uk

PMID: 18980329
DOI: 10.1021/jo801716z

Abstract

Gas-phase cyclization processes of stabilized phosphorus ylides bearing a suitably substituted 2-aminophenyl group lead efficiently either to 3-substituted quinolines or benzo[c]carbazole and heterocyclic-fused analogues depending on the substituents present.