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The reaction of N-substituted 2-methyl-5-methoxyindoles with maleic anhydride gave the corresponding (2-methyl-5-methoxy-3-indolyl)succinic anhydrides, which were hydrolyzed to acids and converted to monoamides by reaction with primary or secondary amines.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1525–1527, November, 1972.
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Agbalyan, S.G., Grigoryan, G.V. Synthesis and transformation of (N-substituted 2-methyl-5-methoxy-3-indolyl)succinic acids. Chem Heterocycl Compd 8, 1377–1379 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00471875
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00471875