Cycloadditions dipolaires-1,3 II. Addition des diarylnitrilimines au N-methyl-indole. Etude expérimentale et essai d'interprétation

The reactivity of N-methylindole towards diarylnitrilimines has been studies. The cycloadducts are 8-methyl-3a,8a-dihydro-pyrazolo3,4-b] indole derivatives. The structure reported was assigned on the bases of satisfactory analytical, spectroscopic and chemical data. An interpretation based on the second order perturbation method of frontier orbitals is in agreement with the observed regiospecificity.