Pyrroloindoles. 6. New synthesis of 1H, 5H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]indole and 3H,6H-pyrrolo[3,2-e]indole

Ethyl pyruvate 1-acetyl-5-indolinylhydrazone was obtained by diazotization of 1-acetyl-5-aminoindoline with subsequent reduction of the diazonium salt and condensation of the hydrazine with ethyl pyruvate. A mixture of hydrogenated derivatives of linear and angular pyrroloindoles is formed as a result of cyclization of the hydrazone in polyphosphoric acid esters. Subsequent hydrolysis, decarboxylation, and dehydrogenation lead to 1H,5H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]indole and 3H,6H-pyrrolo-[3,2-e]indole.See [1] for Communication 5.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 504–507, April, 1982.