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To test the generality of this reaction, the indole systems 70a,b were prepared from hexahydro-8-oxopyrrolo[ 1,2-a]indole 67 and tetrahydro-4-oxindole 68 (Scheme 11). These compounds in turn were readily obtained from cyclohexane-1,3-one and the appropriate amino acid salt according to Franck s pyrrole acylation protocol.53 Attempts to directly oxidize 67 or 68 to the hydroxyindole oxidation state using DDQ met with failure despite numerous attempts involving variation in solvent and reaction temperature. To circumvent this limitation, it was reasoned that... 

A mild and effective method for obtaining N- acyl- and N- alkyl-pyrroles and -indoles is to carry out these reactions under phase-transfer conditions (80JOC3172). For example, A-benzenesulfonylpyrrole is best prepared from pyrrole under phase-transfer conditions rather than by intermediate generation of the potassium salt (81TL4901). In this case the softer nature of the tetraalkylammonium cation facilitates reaction on nitrogen. The thallium salts of indoles prepared by reaction with thallium(I) ethoxide, a benzene-soluble liquid. 

Grignard reagent from, acylation, 4, 237 nitration, 4, 211 reactivity, 4, 71-72 synthesis, 4, 149, 237, 341, 360 Pyrrole-3-carboxylic acids acidity, 4, 71 decarboxylation, 4, 286 esterification, 4, 287 esters... 

A one-pot procedure from aldehydes, through Wittig olefmation and a subsequent epoxidation, was also reported. Aldehydes could be converted into a,P,y,8-unsaturated N-acyl pyrroles, which were epoxidized in the same pot to give N-acyl pyrrole-substituted vinylepoxides [32]. 

Methyl 3-acyl-l-diphenylmethyleneamino-4,5-dioxo-4,5-dihydro-l//-pyrrole-2-carboxylates 489 are formed from 488 and oxalyl chloride in good yields. Preparative thermolysis of these compounds at 130-140°C gives mixtures of dipyrazolo[l,2- l,2- [l,2,4,5]tetrazines 491 as major products and pyrazoles 492 as minor hydrolytic by-products. The intermediacy of mesoionic compound 490 is expected (Scheme 83) <2004T5319>. 

Despite the development of some new methods for this strategy of bicyclic system formation, the intramolecular C-acylation of pyrrole is still frequently employed. This reaction may be performed starting from W/Tcyanoethyl-pyrroles as well as starting from their acid, ester, and even amide analogues. 

The products from the N-alkylation of (anilinomethylene)malonodinitriles with a-haloacetic esters and a-haloketones spontaneously cyclize to produce pyrroles (Scheme 5.3) [21]. When the A -acylated product of the reaction of the dinitrile with ethyl chloroformate is treated with an arylamine, 5-cyanopyrimidones are obtained [21]. 

Methods of acylating pyrrole similar to the present one have been reported using oxalyl chloride,5 trifluoroacetic anhydride,6 carbamic acid chloride,7 and trichloroacetyl chloride.8 In the last preparation, it was necessary to separate the product from highly colored by-products by alumina chromatography. Pyrrol-2-yl trichloromethyl ketone has also been prepared by the interaction of pyrrolylmagnesium halide and trichloroacetyl chloride.9... 

A novel tandem carbonyiation/cyclization radical process has been developed for the intramolecular acylation of l-(2-iodoethyl)indoles and pyrroles <99TL7153>. In this process, an acyl radical is formed when CO is trapped by an alkyl radical formed from the AIBN-induced radical reaction of l-(2-iodoethyl)indoles 104 with BusSnH. Intramolecular addition of the acyl radical to the C-2 position of the heteroaromatic system presumably affords a benzylic radical which undergoes in situ oxidative rearomatization to the bicycloketones 105. 

The possibility of acetylating the pyrrole nitrogen atom of 9a was investigated. The reaction was performed in the presence of different bases, and the highest yield of the corresponding compound 9b was achieved for potassium tert-butoxide. As should be expected, even trace amounts of this compound are absent from the acylation products of thienopyrrole 9a under Friedel-Crafts conditions <20020L387>. 

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