Abstract
Treatment of indoles with ammonium thiocyanate in the presence of para-toluene sulfonic acid afforded the corresponding 3-thiocyano indoles at room temperature in excellent yields.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, for financial assistance.
Notes
a The structures of the products were settled from their spectral (IR, 1H NMR, and MS) data.