Synthesis of indoles from pyridinium salts 5. Secondary amines in the reaction of 3-nitropyridinium salts with acetone

The use of secondary amines in the reaction of 3-nitropyridinium salts with acetone makes it possible to isolate stable intermediates in the formation of indoles — (o-N,N-dialkylaminobenzyl)ketones — and to observe new reaction pathways — the formation of bisindolylpropanes and p-nitroanilines.See 1] for Communication 4.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1213–1221, September, 1988.