Pyrroles from ketoximes and acetylene 8. Synthesis of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole and its 1-vinyl derivative

4,5,6,7-Tetrahydroindole or 1-vinyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindole was obtained in 81 and 93% yields, respectively, by reaction of cyclohexanone oxime with acetylene at 90–140C in the presence of alkali metal hydroxides or alkoxides in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or mixtures of DMSO with low-polarity or nonpolar solvents. The reaction is effective both in an autoclave (initial pressure 8–16 gage atm) and at atmospheric pressure.See [1] for communication 7.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 197–199, February, 1979.