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Sigma-Aldrich

Indole-4-carboxaldehyde

97%

Synonym(s):

4-Formylindole, NSC 337264

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H7NO
CAS Number:
1074-86-8
Molecular Weight:
145.16
MDL number:
MFCD01632221
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24882325

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Assay

97%

form

solid

mp

139-143 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

O=Cc1cccc2[nH]ccc12

InChI

1S/C9H7NO/c11-6-7-2-1-3-9-8(7)4-5-10-9/h1-6,10H

InChI key

JFDDFGLNZWNJTK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Indole-4-carboxaldehyde participates in the synthesis of arcyriacyanin A. Synthesis of 4-indole-4-carboxaldehyde has been reported. Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts (FC) acylation of indole-4-carboxaldehyde has been reported.

Application

  • reactant in Biginelli reaction
  • reactant in synthesis of aurora kinase A inhibitors
  • reactant in preparation of antitumor agents
  • reactant in intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation
  • reactant in preparation of inhibitors of cell division in E. coli
  • reactant in synthesis of Hantzsch pyridine-containing Schiff bases

Pictograms

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GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H302,H317,H319

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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MKCW3385
MKCL1262
MKCC5978
01527EJ
00327EJ

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Total syntheses of clavine alkaloids by an intramolecular nitrone-olefin cycloaddition reaction.
Oppolzer W, et al.
Tetrahedron, 39(22), 3695-3705 (1983)
Synthesis of (-)-chanoclavine I.
Kardos N and Genet J-P.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 5(8), 1525-1533 (1994)
George A Kraus et al.
Organic letters, 10(14), 3061-3063 (2008-06-25)
The reaction of (2-aminobenzyl) triphenylphosphonium bromide with aromatic aldehydes or alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes under microwave-assisted conditions constitutes a new synthesis of 2-substituted indoles in high yields (81-97%) in a one-pot reaction. The adduct from indole-4-carboxaldehyde was an advanced intermediate in the
Synthesis of Fused 4, 5-Disubstituted Indole Ring Systems by Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts Acylation of 4-Substituted Indoles.
Fillion E and Dumas AM.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73(7), 2920-2923 (2008)
A New Synthesis method of indole-4-carboxaldehyde.
Wu Y-M, et al.
He Cheng Hua Xue / Chinese Journal of Synthetic Chemistry, 12, 333-335 (2004)
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Friedel–Crafts Acylation

Friedel-Crafts acylation with Lewis acid catalysts forms monoacylated products via electrophilic aromatic substitution of arenes.

傅-克酰基化反应

傅-克酰基化反应是一种芳烃与酰氯或酸酐使用强路易斯酸催化剂的反应。该反应通过亲电芳族取代进行，形成单酰化产物。

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