A dual pathway in the solid‐state photoreaction of nitrobenzaldehydes with indole

Ji‐Ben ‐B Meng, Da‐Ming ‐M Du, Guo‐Xiang ‐X Xiong, Wen‐Guang ‐G Wang, Yong‐Mei ‐M Wang, Hideko Koshima, Teruo Matsuura*

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Abstract

The solid‐state photoreaction of the mixed crystals between nitrobenzaldehydes and indole was found to give nitrophenyl‐(bis‐3‐indolyl)methane (3) and nitrophenyl‐(3‐indolyl)methanol (4). The structure of the ortho isomer 4c was established by X‐ray crystallographic analysis. A dual pathway from an oxetane intermediate 5 is proposed for the formation of 3 and 4.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-124
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Volume31
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes

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