A catalyst-free protocol for the green and efficient condensation of indoles with aldehydes in ionic liquids, By Abdolkarim Zare

Research

Title	A catalyst-free protocol for the green and efficient condensation of indoles with aldehydes in ionic liquids
Type	Article
Keywords	Bis(indolyl)methanes; ionic liquid; 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide {bmim]Br}; microwave
Journal	Canadian Journal of Chemistry
DOI	10.1139/V08-172
Researchers	Abdolkarim Zare (First researcher) , Abolfath Parhami (Second researcher) , Ahmad Reza Moosavi-Zare (Third researcher) , Alireza Hasaninejad (Fourth researcher) , Ali Khalafi-Nezhad (Fifth researcher) , Mohammad Hassan Beyzavi (Not in first six researchers)

Abstract

Indoles are efficiently condensed with aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes in the absence of any catalyst in ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide {bmim]Br} under microwave irradiation to afford bis(indolyl)methanes in good to excellent yields and in short reaction times.