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Pyrolytic Generation of 3-Phenylindol-2-ylmethylenecarbene and its Cyclization to 7H-Benzocarbazole
Brown, Roger F. C.,Coulston, Karen J.,Eastwood, Frank W.,Manyweathers, Jennifer J.
, p. 411 - 414 (2007/10/02)
Flash vacuum pyrolysis of the 3-phenylindol-2-ylmethylene derivative (12) of Meldrum's acid at 600 deg and at 750 deg/0.03 mm gives 9-phenyl-3H-pyrroloindol-3-one (14) (97percent).At 900 deg/0.3 mm (14) (49percent) is accompanied by 7H-benzocarbazole (6) (10percent).The latter is formed by intramolecular C-H insertion in the title carbene (5).