• Svetlana G. Kachalkina
  • Gennady S. Borodkin
  • Alexander F. Pozharskii
  • Alexander S. Antonov
  • Inna G. Borodkina
  • Yuri F. Maltsev
  • Ekaterina A. Filatova
  • Aleksander Filarowski
  • Valery A. Ozeryanskii

1,8-Bis(dimethylamino)naphthalenes bearing 2-positioned trifluoroacetyl or ethoxycarbonyl group on treatment with 2-lithio-1,8-bis-dimethylamino)naphthalene undergo base-promoted transformation into benzo[g]indole derivatives in small to moderate yield, representing previously unknown mode of the pyrrole ring closure which proceeds via deprotonation of the NMe group.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1107
Pages (from-to)182-184
Number of pages3
JournalMendeleev Communications
Volume25
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Jun 2015

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