Pyrroloindoles. 8. Electrophilic substitution in the 1H,5H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]indole and 3H,6H-pyrrolo[3,2-e]indole series

The principles of the electron density distribution in 1H,5H-pyrrolo 2,3-f]indole and 3H,6H-pyrrolo3,2-e]indole molecules were determined on the basis of quantumchemical calculations. These results were confirmed by the results of the investigated electrophilic-substitution reactions. The reaction centers of these compounds proved to be the same positions as in indole, viz., the 3 and 7 and 1 and 8 positions, respectively. The impossibility of 1,8-disubstitution in the angular heteroring was demonstrated in the case of bulky substituents; this was explained by a steric effect.See 1] for communication 7.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1086–1091, August, 1983.