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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Org Lett. 2009 Apr 2;11(7):1651–1654. doi: 10.1021/ol900306v

Table 1.

N-Acylation of Indole with Hydrocinnamaldehyde

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entry oxidant additive 9a:8 solventa yield (%)b
1 MnO2 none 10:1 toluenec 12
2 PCC none 10:1 toluenec 16
3 TPAP/NMO 4 Å mol. sieves 10:1 CH2Cl2 4
4 TPAP/NMO 4 Å mol. sieves 10:1 CH3CN 15
5 TPAP/NMO 4 Å mol. sieves 5:1 CH3CN 36
6 TPAP/NMO 4 Å mol. sieves 1:1 CH3CN 18
7 TPAP/NMO 4 Å mol. sieves 1:1 CH3CNd 81(74)
a

at 25 °C with 9a at 0.33 M.

b

yields calculated by GC (isolated yield in parentheses).

c

at 100 °C

d

9a at 0.6 M