A Convenient Synthesis of Tryptamines
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 18 (18) , 2331-2335
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918808082378
Abstract
Reaction of tosylmethyl isocyanide with substituted formyl indoles gave the nitrile with one more carbon atom. Hydrogenation of this nitrile afforded the corresponding tryptamine.Keywords
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