Abstract: | Crotonic condensation of 3-formyl[4,5]- and 3-formyl[6,7]benzindoles with acetone on aluminum oxide or methylation of them with dimethyl sulfate in aqueous acetone solution in the presence of KOH gave [4, 5]- and [6,7]benzoskatolideneacetones. A number of 3-formylbenzindoles with various substituents in the pyrrole portion of the molecule are described.See [1] for communication X.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1257–1261, September, 1975. |