Author/Authors :
Holdroyd، نويسنده , , Robert S. and Page، نويسنده , , Michael J. and Warren، نويسنده , , Mark R. and Whittlesey، نويسنده , , Michael K.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Mild heating of the ring-expanded N-heterocyclic carbenes 7-Mes and 6-Mes results in intramolecular insertion of the carbene into an ortho-methyl C–H bond. In the presence of traces of acid, the resulting products ring-open to afford N-alkyl indoles.
