Pal Rammohan, Das Gupta Arpita, Mallik Asok K
Department of Chemistry, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata 700 020, West Bengal, India.
ISRN Org Chem. 2012 Nov 5;2012:674629. doi: 10.5402/2012/674629. eCollection 2012.
Iodine-catalyzed reaction of indoles with α,α'-bis(arylmethylene)cyclopentanones afforded one diastereomer of the corresponding Michael adducts, namely, E-2-(3-indolylphenylmethyl)-5-phenylmethylenecyclopentanones, in a good yield. The products form a new group of indole derivatives.