Bartoli indole synthesis Mechanism

The mechanism for the Bartoli indole synthesis, postulated by Bartoli et al. based on experimental evidence, is rather unique. As shown below,... 

The mechanism for Bartoli indole synthesis is proposed as shown below, according to the fact that nitroso compounds may be generated from nitroarenes and 2 equivalents of Grignard reagents. ... 

Scheme 14.7 Mechanism and scope of Bartoli-indole synthesis.

A summary of Bartoli s results is presented in Table 1. Scheme 1 shows a possible mechanism, which has been investigated and put forth by Bartoli [5]. The obvious limitation in this indole synthesis is that only ort/to-substituted... 

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