The reactions of 1,2,3-trimethylindole and of N-alkyltetrahydrocarbazoles with trifluoroacetic anhydride

1 January 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1

p. 382-389
https://doi.org/10.1039/p19810000382

Abstract

Treatment of 1,2,3-trimethylindole with trifluoroacetic anhydride results in attack on the C-2 methyl group of the indole, and trifluoroacetylation of N-alkyltetrahydrocarbazoles occurs at C-1.

Keywords

TREATMENT
TRIMETHYLINDOLE
ATTACK
TRIFLUOROACETYLATION
TRIFLUOROACETIC
ANHYDRIDE
ALKYLTETRAHYDROCARBAZOLES OCCURS

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