A room temperature alternative of the Claisen rearrangement route to ortho allylated phenols: unique reactivity pattern of allylindium reagents

Quinol ethers and quinone monoketals are shown to undergo formal anti-Michael addition reactions with allylindium reagents at room temperature to give only ortho allylated phenols in good yields.     

Synthesis of 3-aminoindole derivatives: combination of Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization and unexpected allylindium-mediated decyanation

α-Anilinonitriles were unexpectedly converted to 3-iminodihydroindoles via the Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization during the benzoylation. 3-Iminodihydroindoles were transformed to 3-aminoindoles in good yields via an allylindium-mediated decyanative aromatization.