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Tetra- and pentacyclic indole [2,3-c] pyrylium salts were obtained by acylation of 2-(3-indolyl) dimedone and 2- (1-ethyl-3-indolyl)indan-1,3-dione. The latter salts by the action of ammonia are converted to the corresponding β-carbolines — derivatives of the natural alkaloid harman.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 363–366, March, 1985.
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Dulenko, V.I., Luk'yanenko, V.I., Kibal'nyi, A.V. et al. Synthesis of condensed derivatives of indolo[2,3-c]pyrylium salts and β-carbolines. Chem Heterocycl Compd 21, 302–305 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00506671
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