Citation: Guai Li Wu, Long Min Wu. Nitrosonium (NO⁺) catalyzed Michael addition of indoles to unsaturated enones[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2008, 19(1): 55-58. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2007.11.010 shu

Nitrosonium (NO⁺) catalyzed Michael addition of indoles to unsaturated enones

Guai Li Wu ,
Long Min Wu

State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

Received Date: 18 September 2007

Fund Project: Project No.20572040 was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.

An efficient Michael addition of indoles to unsaturated enones, such as chalcones and β-nitrostyrenes, was achieved in the presence of a catalytic amount of nitrosoninm tetrafluoroborate in ethyl ether.
- Indole,
- Chalcone,
- Michael addition,
- Nitrosonium
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